Set on the vast panorama of the trackless Canadian prairie, this life-affirming saga brings together 40-year-old virgin Catherine Turnbull and her two decades worth of shadowy, shameful secrets, and the long-suffering town doctor of Medicine Jaw, Saskatchewan, Kevin MacKevitt.In this dazzling tour de force of literary skill, Edna Porczeny-Dalrymple creates an even grander major character, the always-changi ...Täielik kirjeldus
Set on the vast panorama of the trackless Canadian prairie, this life-affirming saga brings together 40-year-old virgin Catherine Turnbull and her two decades worth of shadowy, shameful secrets, and the long-suffering town doctor of Medicine Jaw, Saskatchewan, Kevin MacKevitt.In this dazzling tour de force of literary skill, Edna Porczeny-Dalrymple creates an even grander major character, the always-changing weather, which she makes a metaphor for life and its challenges.Rather a Ruby operates on dozens of levels, from the tragic to the comedic, each drawn with consummate skill by an author such as comes along but once in a generation. It will change your life.