Claire Sullivan quickly settles in to her new home at Clearwater Lake in northern Manitoba, especially once she befriends Jeff Carson, a quiet mixed-race loner who lives with his parents in the other half of the Sullivans’ duplex. Together, the teens roam the wild, isolated beauty of the nearby lakeshore and forest, forging a deep friendship based on loyalty and trust. As peaceful as things seem on the surface, Claire and Jeff are both battling powerful undercurrents at home. Claire worries that her sister, Leah, who has been sexually assaulted, is sinking into a drug-fuelled depression, while Jeff ?nds it dif?cult to stand ?rm in the face of his father’s increasingly brutal temper. When Leah commits suicide, the consequences are far-reaching and devastating. Claire retreats to Regina to rede?ne her idea of family, while Jeff leaves his own family behind, drifting from place to place, unable to settle down. Although they both keep moving forward through time, their lives seem to have stalled.Years later, after several near misses, a chance meeting ?rst reopens old wounds, but ultimately allows Claire and Jeff to return to Clearwater Lake, and make another try at acceptance, and maybe happiness.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2013.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C813/.6
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781550505658 9781550505665
- LCCN
- PR9199.4.M3385
- LCCN Item number
- C54 2013eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (239 pages)
- Published in
- Regina, Saskatchewan
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00233417 (OCoLC)863053962 (CaOOCEL)446509
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Half-title page 2
- Title page 4
- Book and Copyright information 5
- Dedication 6
- THRUST 8
- One 10
- Two 19
- Three 30
- Four 38
- Five 50
- Six 60
- Seven 70
- Eight 83
- Nine 96
- Ten 102
- DRAG 116
- One 118
- WEIGHT 134
- One 136
- Two 151
- Three 170
- Four 180
- Five 188
- Six 198
- Seven 209
- Eight 222
- Nine 234
- LIFT 240
- One 242
- Acknowledgements 247
- About the Author 249
