Hunting Down Home is told through the eyes of Morag, a seven-year-old girl who lives with her grandparents in a large house on Prince Edward Island. Separated from the mainland by a strip of water one mile wide and one mile deep, the island is home to third and fourth generation Scottish immigrants who have, through their isolation, preserved the language and way of life of their old country. Morag's mother has rebelled against the island life and abandoned it, and her, so that Morag innocently asks What's a mother?'. ...
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Hunting Down Home is told through the eyes of Morag, a seven-year-old girl who lives with her grandparents in a large house on Prince Edward Island. Separated from the mainland by a strip of water one mile wide and one mile deep, the island is home to third and fourth generation Scottish immigrants who have, through their isolation, preserved the language and way of life of their old country. Morag's mother has rebelled against the island life and abandoned it, and her, so that Morag innocently asks What's a mother?'. As she grows up she finds her mother through her own need to escape the claustrophobia of her relationship with her grandparents.
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Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1897580746. Flat signed by author on title page. Crease in front of wrapper, bump on bottom edge of front wrapper. Vertical crease to rear wrapper near spine. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Signed by Author.
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Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1897580746. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Indentation on top edge, minor creasing to wrapper at spine. Flat-signed by author on title page.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Signed by Author.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 9781897580691. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 189758069x. ISBN/EAN: 9781897580691. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 003124.