Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Quick and Easy Sign Up!

It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.

Sign Up Browse

Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

  • Download on iOS
  • Download on Android
  • Download on iOS

The Town That Drowned

Riel Nason
3.82/5 (788 ratings)
Read Now Download Now
Living with a weird brother in a small town can be tough enough. Having a spectacular fall through the ice at a skating party and nearly drowning are grounds for embarrassment. But having a vision and narrating it to the assembled crowd solidifies your status as an outcast. What Ruby Carson saw during that fateful day was her entire town buildings and people floating underwater. Then an orange-tipped surveyor stake turns up in a farmer's field. Another is found in the cemetery. A man with surveying equipment is spotted eating lunch near Pokiok Falls. The residents of Haverton soon discover that a massive dam is being constructed and that most of their homes will be swallowed by the rising water. Suspicions mount, tempers flare, and secrets are revealed. As the town prepares for its own demise, 14-year-old Ruby Carson sees it all from a front-row seat. Set in the 1960s, The Town That Drowned evokes the awkwardness of childhood, the thrill of first love, and the importance of having a place to call home. Deftly written in a deceptively unassuming style, Nason's keen insights into human nature and the depth of human attachment to place make this novel ripple in an amber tension of light and shadow.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
288 pages
Publication:
2011
Publisher:
Goose Lane Editions
Edition:
1st Edition, First Edition
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0864926405
ISBN13:
9780864926401
kindle Asin:
B005O9K7OG

The Town That Drowned

Riel Nason
3.82/5 (788 ratings)
Read Download
Living with a weird brother in a small town can be tough enough. Having a spectacular fall through the ice at a skating party and nearly drowning are grounds for embarrassment. But having a vision and narrating it to the assembled crowd solidifies your status as an outcast. What Ruby Carson saw during that fateful day was her entire town buildings and people floating underwater. Then an orange-tipped surveyor stake turns up in a farmer's field. Another is found in the cemetery. A man with surveying equipment is spotted eating lunch near Pokiok Falls. The residents of Haverton soon discover that a massive dam is being constructed and that most of their homes will be swallowed by the rising water. Suspicions mount, tempers flare, and secrets are revealed. As the town prepares for its own demise, 14-year-old Ruby Carson sees it all from a front-row seat. Set in the 1960s, The Town That Drowned evokes the awkwardness of childhood, the thrill of first love, and the importance of having a place to call home. Deftly written in a deceptively unassuming style, Nason's keen insights into human nature and the depth of human attachment to place make this novel ripple in an amber tension of light and shadow.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
288 pages
Publication:
2011
Publisher:
Goose Lane Editions
Edition:
1st Edition, First Edition
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0864926405
ISBN13:
9780864926401
kindle Asin:
B005O9K7OG

More Books

Recipe for a Good Life

Lesley Crewe

All Together Now: A Newfoundlander's Light Tales for Heavy Times

Alan Doyle

Hotline

Dimitri Nasrallah

Crow

Amy Spurway

The Bittlemores

Jann Arden

Death & Other Inconveniences

Lesley Crewe

Beholden

Lesley Crewe

Jennie's Boy: A Newfoundland Childhood

Wayne Johnston

Denison Avenue

Christina Wong

Amazing Grace

Lesley Crewe

Fayne

Ann-Marie MacDonald

Rage the Night

Donna Morrissey