In a drought-ridden Saskatchewan of the s, self-possessed, enigmatic Elena Huhtala finds herself living alone, a young Finnish woman in a community of Swedes in the small village of Trevna. Her mother has been dead for many years, and her father, burdened by the hardships of drought, has disappeared, and the eighteen-year-old is an object of pity and charity in her community/5(2). I kind of loved A Beauty by Connie Gault. Set in the s dustbowl of rural Saskatchewan, and then revisiting the same small towns three decades later, Gault uses a homespun Prairie voice to make piercing observations about life and love and family and loss/5. A Beauty is a novel of loss, longing and love. Sometimes the love isn’t expressed in words but in the silences that hang between repressed souls who yearn to be understood — and so seldom are.” – Toronto Star “Gault has that rare talent that makes every character important, no matter how apparently peripheral their role in the story.”/5(6).
Carol Daniels' Bearskin Diary is nominated for three Saskatchewan Book Awards. The shortlist for the Saskatchewan Book Awards was announced today in Regina and Saskatoon. The shortlist celebrates excellence in books from a wide range of genres and diverse cultural heritages. The awards are divided between writing awards and publishing awards that recognize both Saskatchewan authors and. A Beauty (Connie Gault) The Beauty Box (Bonnie Dunlop) Bedlam Cowslip (Jeanette Lynes) Before Wings (Beth Goobie) Beware the British Serpent (Robert Calder) Beyond My Keeping (Elizabeth Philips) Bitter Embrace: White Society's Assault on the Woodland Cree (Maggie Siggins). My original scheme was to give everyone the same five questions, but I had two extra for Connie Gault this week, so we'll see if I can keep myself under control from here. Ahem. I just finished Connie's newest novel, A Beauty (McClelland and Stewart, ).
Written in luminous prose, threaded through with a sardonic wit and deep wisdoms, A Beauty is at one time lyrical and tough, moving and mysterious, a captivating tale of a woman who, without intending to, touches many lives, and sometimes alters them forever. A Beauty is a novel of loss, longing and love. Sometimes the love isn’t expressed in words but in the silences that hang between repressed souls who yearn to be understood — and so seldom are.” – Toronto Star “Gault has that rare talent that makes every character important, no matter how apparently peripheral their role in the story.”. A Beauty is at once poignant and razor-sharp, moving and mysterious, as it explores the meaning of home and belonging, the nature of forgiveness, and the ways of coming to love. Because of the myriad of characters in this book, it is able to explore these themes in more than one way, with more than one character.
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