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Hand over hand / by Fullerton, Alma.; Benoit, Renné.;
Nina wants to learn how to fish but her grandfather as always reply "A boat is no place for a girl". When Nina promises to bait her own hook and remove her own catch, her grandfather finally relents, "just for today." Lolo shows Nina how to jig the lines, set the hook and pull in a fish hand over hand. But no one is laughing when Nina brings in the biggest fish of the day!LSC
Subjects: Fishing stories.; Grandfathers; Granddaughters; Fishing villages;
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Far Cry : a novel / by York, Alissa,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.It's 1922 at Far Cry Cannery, a quarter-mile of boardwalk and wooden buildings strung along the rocks of Rivers Inlet on the northwest coast of British Columbia. The time has come for Anders Viken, storekeeper and honorary uncle to the recently orphaned Kit, to give an account of his secret self--from his first home in Norway, another land of islands and fjords, to his escape from his family's loving grip, to his wide-open years of rough living and impossible love. As the sockeye flood up the inlet, Anders sets his secrets down for 18-year-old Kit, the only member of his chosen family he has left after her mother, Bobbie, scandalized Far Cry by running off with the camp's handsome Chinese cook, and her father, Frank, was found drowned alongside his own boat. While Anders does his reckoning, Kit fends off the attentions of the cannery manager and tries to earn her keep. Oars in hand, she glides her skiff out over the great returning school and casts her net. This, at least, makes sense to her, as opposed to the convoluted workings of love.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Fishing villages; Reminiscing; Secrecy; Young women;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Becoming Leidah / by Grierson, Michelle,author.;
"In the hinterlands of old Norway, Leidah Pietersdatter is born blue-skinned, with webbed hands and feet. Upon every turn of season, her mother, Maeva, worries as her daughter's peculiarities blossom--inside the root of the tiny child, a strange power is taking hold. Maeva tries to hide the girl from the suspicious townsfolk of the austere village of Ørken, just as she conceals her own magical ancestry from her daughter. And Maeva's adoring husband, Pieter, wants nothing more than for his new family to be accepted by all. But unlike Pieter, Maeva is aware that the villagers, who profess a rigid faith to the new God and claim to have abandoned the old ways, are watching for any sign of transgression--and are eager to pounce and punish. Following both mother and daughter from the shadows and through time, an inquisitive shapeshifter waits for Maeva to finally reclaim who she once was. And as Maeva's elusive past beckons, she realizes that she must help her daughter navigate and control her own singular birthright if the child is to survive the human world. But when the protective love Pieter has for his family threatens the secure life they have slowly built, Maeva comes to a drastic conclusion: she must make Leidah promise to keep a secret from Pieter--a perilous one that may eventually free them all."--Back cover.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Families; Secrecy; Magic; Supernatural; Shapeshifters; Fishing villages; Mythology, Norse;
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The rising tide / by Lloyd, Sam(Pseudonym),author.;
"In a small fishing village on the Devon coast, Lucy Locke has built a life that anyone would envy. She and her husband, Daniel, own successful businesses and live with their two children in a picturesque home overlooking the harbor. But everything changes one morning when, following a monumental storm, the family yacht is found empty--and Lucy's husband is nowhere in sight. As the search for Daniel mounts, so does Lucy's sense of dread, raised to a fever pitch when another, more terrifying revelation pushes her storybook life to the brink of total destruction. Lucy is reluctantly forced to face a harsh truth: the sea gives life, and just as quickly takes it away. And when the detective on the case uncovers suspicious details that Lucy had hoped would stay buried, she'll have to confront the nightmarish possibility that she created her own undoing"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Families; Fishing villages; Missing persons; Storms;
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Northwind / by Paulsen, Gary.;
When sickness decimates his fishing village, an orphan named Leif flees north in a cedar canoe, journeying along a brutal but beautiful coastline.LSC
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Wilderness survival; Survival; Orphans; Fishing villages; Canoes and canoeing; Diseases;
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Final cut : a novel / by Watson, S. J.(Steven J.),author.;
"Blackwood Bay. An ordinary place, home to ordinary people. It used to be a buzzing seaside destination. But now, ravaged by the effects of dwindling tourism and economic downturn, it's a ghost town--and the perfect place for film-maker Alex to shoot her new documentary. But the community is deeply suspicious of her intentions. After all, nothing exciting ever happens in Blackwood Bay ... or does it?"--Jacket flap.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Women motion picture producers and directors; Documentary films; Missing children; Fishing villages; Small cities; Secrecy;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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This town is not all right / by Krys, Michelle.;
Twelve-year-old twins Beacon and Everleigh move with their father to a weird Maine fishing village, and Beacon must uncover its frightening secret before he loses his sister forever.LSC
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Twins; Brothers and sisters; Moving, Household; Death; Fishing villages;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The grand seduction [videorecording] / by Balaban, Liane,1980-; Gleeson, Brendan,1964-; Kitsch, Taylor,1981-; Mckellar, Don,1963-; Pinsent, Gordon.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada);
Liane Balaban, Brendan Gleeson, Gordon Pinsent, Taylor Kitsch.A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis lands in their lap for a trial residence, the townsfolk rally together to charm him into staying. As the doctor's time in the village winds to a close, acting mayor Murray French has no choice but to pull out all the stops and begin The Grand Seduction.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Doctors; Feature films.; Fishing villages;
© c2014., Distributed by Entertainment One,
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New girl in Little Cove / by Monaghan, Damhnait,author.;
When a new teacher arrives in a tiny fishing village, she realizes the most important lessons are the ones she learns outside the classroom. It's 1985. Rachel O'Brien arrives in Little Cove seeking a fresh start after her father dies and her relationship ends. As a new teacher at the local Catholic high school, Rachel chafes against the small community, where everyone seems to know her business. The anonymous notes that keep appearing on her car, telling her to go home, don't make her feel welcome either. Still, Rachel is quickly drawn into the island's distinctive music and culture, as well as the lives of her students and fellow teacher, Doug Bishop. As Rachel begins to bond with her students, her feelings for Doug also begin to grow. Rachel tries to ignore her emotions because Doug is in a long-distance relationship with his high school sweetheart. Or is he? Eventually, Rachel's beliefs clash with church and community, and she makes a decision that throws her career into jeopardy. In trying to help a student, has she gone too far? Only the intervention of the 'Holy Dusters,' local women who hook rugs and clean the church, can salvage Rachel's job as well as her chance at a future with Doug.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Fishing villages; Small cities; Catholic high school teachers; Women teachers; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bay of spirits : a love story / by Mowat, Farley,1921-;
Subjects: Mowat, Farley, 1921-; Wheeler, Claire.; Fishing villages; Harbors; Authors, Canadian (English);
© c2006., McClelland & Stewart,
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