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Al Purdy’s only novel, A Splinter in the Heart , is an unforgettable coming-of-age story that unfolds against the real-life tragedy of what came to be known as the Trenton Disaster. Set in 1918, it tells the story of sixteen-year-old Patrick Cameron and the events that will change him – and the Ontario town in which he lives – forever. Over the course of one summer and fall, Patrick finds love with a girl whose betrayal he cannot foresee, confronts the death of his beloved grandfather, and comes to terms with a neighbourhood rival. All the while, his hometown of Trenton lives precariously in the shadow of a dynamite factory, a sinister reminder of the Great War, which brought such prosperity to the town. Vivid with character and event, and evocative of time and place, A Splinter in the Heart is a moving portrait of a young man’s journey into adulthood in an era of change.
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A Splinter in the Heart, Al Purdy
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2000
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- Titel
- A Splinter in the Heart
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Al Purdy
- Verlag
- Emblem Editions
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2000
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 272
- ISBN10
- 0771071957
- ISBN13
- 9780771071959
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Wahre Geschichten, Biografien, Romantik, Natur, Historische Romane, Comics & Manga, Comics, Kunst, Musikalische Thematik, Liebe, Familie, Kurzgeschichten, Autobiografien & Memoiren, Freundschaft, Amerikanische Literatur, 20. Jahrhundert, Biographien, Schule, England, Erwachsenwerden, Young Adult Romance, Kanada, Alternativgeschichte, Americana
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- Beschreibung
- Al Purdy’s only novel, A Splinter in the Heart , is an unforgettable coming-of-age story that unfolds against the real-life tragedy of what came to be known as the Trenton Disaster. Set in 1918, it tells the story of sixteen-year-old Patrick Cameron and the events that will change him – and the Ontario town in which he lives – forever. Over the course of one summer and fall, Patrick finds love with a girl whose betrayal he cannot foresee, confronts the death of his beloved grandfather, and comes to terms with a neighbourhood rival. All the while, his hometown of Trenton lives precariously in the shadow of a dynamite factory, a sinister reminder of the Great War, which brought such prosperity to the town. Vivid with character and event, and evocative of time and place, A Splinter in the Heart is a moving portrait of a young man’s journey into adulthood in an era of change.