What They Wanted
- ISBN-10
- 0143014277
- ISBN-13
- 9780143014270
- Category
- Fiction / Literary
- Pages
- 335
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Canada
- Author
- Donna Morrissey
Description
In What They Wanted, the second part of the Sylvanus Now Trilogy, award-winning author Donna Morrissey explores both new and familiar terrain: a divided house on the shores of Newfoundland and the equally challenging environment of an Alberta oil rig. After Sylvanus has a heart attack, family tensions rise to the fore. Sylvie must deal with her feelings of estrangement from her mother, Addie. Meanwhile, Chris, a natural artist, frustrates his dreams by going to work on the rig. A novel about guilt, responsibility, tragedy, and the enduring ties of family, this is vintage Donna Morrissey.
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