Love and Salt Water |
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Author:
| Wilson, Ethel |
Afterword by:
| Marriott, Anne |
Series title: | New Canadian Library |
ISBN: | 978-0-7710-8957-2 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1996 |
Publisher: | McClelland & Stewart
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Imprint: | New Canadian Library |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $6.95 |
Book Description:
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Ellen Guppy is the reluctant heroine of Ethel Wilson’s final novel,Love and Salt Water. Saddened by a painful childhood, Ellen has adopted a skeptical independence and learned too well to hold her heart in reserve. But, as the novel unfolds, Ellen undergoes something of a sea-chan≥ learning to accept love along with the sorrow that is rarely far from love. First published in 1956,Love and Salt Wateris a mature and, at times, disturbing synthesis of Ethel Wilson’s major...
More DescriptionEllen Guppy is the reluctant heroine of Ethel Wilson’s final novel,Love and Salt Water. Saddened by a painful childhood, Ellen has adopted a skeptical independence and learned too well to hold her heart in reserve. But, as the novel unfolds, Ellen undergoes something of a sea-chan≥ learning to accept love along with the sorrow that is rarely far from love. First published in 1956,Love and Salt Wateris a mature and, at times, disturbing synthesis of Ethel Wilson’s major themes: the independence of human lives, the strange alchemy of chance, and the healing illumination of love.