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Book Summary
A Novel of Newfoundland
by Susan Yaremczuk
246 pages, trade paperback, $20.00
ISBN 1-41205832-5
"In the beginning, this is what I knew. I descended from the family 'Pynn', an Irish brood that arrived in Newfoundland in the 1600s. Along with their entire worldly belongings they brought to their new country the myths and legends of their kin and an insatiable desire to be connected with both the natural and the supernatural. I inherited a mystical longing to be linked to the past."
So begins a totally enchanting novel about a relentless search for a mysterious lost father. Enriched throughout by the lore and the history and the ways and the language and the rich characters of fabulous Newfoundland, this odyssey holds the reader in its thrall. Here is a family fable entwined with Queen Anne's Lace. Mythical characters breathe life into the kith and kin of the Pynn family - Anne, Druscilla, Brigid, Shadrach - whose lives have an uncanny parallel with the ancients. Each chapter of the novel has been set to music by the author's son Tobias, and is available upon request.
About the Author
Susan Yaremczuk is a retired physical and occupational therapist living with her husband Eugene in Paris Ontario. As a child she spent many hours listening to stories of the past told by her parents and grandparents. After raising four children and motivated by family tales, she became fascinated by geneology. Searching her roots in Canada, the United States, England and Ireland, she became enamoured of Newfoundland and chose it for the setting of her first novel. (She has already completed her second - Mother Die - a sequel to her first and soon to be published by Potlatch Publications.) Susan's favourite flower is, of course, Umbelliferae - Queen Anne's Lace.
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"I found the book brilliant, and was held in thrall throughout, as I was kept waiting - but in most interesting ways - for the main character to go in search of a missing member of the family. This is the best thing about your remarkable story - that you set up the expectation of a search early in the text, and then keep the reader on tenter hooks Your poetic gift is seen to advantage in many original and refreshing images, including my favourite: 'In some places the weeping ink had run across the pages, crying to be read'."
Robert Nielsen