Genre: Fiction: Historical Imprint: Flanker Press Format: Paperback, 359 pages Pub Date: September 2009 Price: $19.95 ISBN 10: 1-897317-46-8 ISBN 13: 978-1-897317-46-4
Shipping Weight: 0.5 kg
About this Book
An exotic drama in which one man’s mysterious disappearance brings a dark end to three other people. What would it take to destroy an Irish girl who had survived famine and war in Ireland, and a hazardous journey across the Atlantic Ocean, to become a servant-wife on an island where God’s truth and the Devil’s tale are entwined as tight as the strands of a rope?
This novel is based on the true story of the last woman hanged in Britain’s oldest colony, the only woman in the colony to have a gruesome sentence – the ultimate desecration – carried out on her body.
A novel in which truth lies suspended between fact and fiction.
A haunting mystery.
Review Quotes
"The story is a gripping one and a very clear picture of what life in the early 1800s in Newfoundland was like for a woman."
The Northeast Avalon Times
"The balance between fiction and reality provide the reader with an opportunity to empathize with Catherine and her family while obtaining an account of what is known historically."
Atlantic Books Today
"Catherine Snow is well written and doesn't get bogged down by history. The story of this woman's life and how it seemed to be determined by events out of her control is never lost. Strowbridge writes interesting characters — particularly the female ones."
The Chronicle Herald
"There are many — this writer included – who now consider Newfoundland to be the epicentre of the country's narrative voice and a key component of our national identity. Some say it is a sense of community, others point to the area's inspiring landscape, while others cite the province's Celtic storytelling roots. All three of those elements come to play in Catherine Snow, the fictionalized account of one young Irish girl's tryst with tragedy."
The Chronicle Herald
"A fascinating novel."
New Glasgow News
"An exotic tale of a woman's tragedy and how the actions of others can result in disaster, Strowbridge gives a true description of Newfoundland in the 19th century, as well as explicit detail into the last moments of a woman's life."
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