Genre: Biography & Autobiography: Personal Memoirs Imprint: Flanker Press Format: Paperback, 143 pages, b & w photos Pub Date: August 2009 Price: $14.95 ISBN 10: 1-897317-49-2 ISBN 13: 978-1-897317-49-5
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About this Book
Gwendolyn Poole Molnar’s recollections offer us a rare look into the life of
a child growing up in Pilley’s Island in the first decades of the twentieth
century, before roads, electricity, and telephones connected the island
community to its Newfoundland neighbours. Rich with real people and vivid
scenes, redolent with roasted caplin and Nujol oil, Tapestry of
Yesteryear quietly accepts the strength of past generations as a given
and reminds us that all was not doom and gloom in the outports of
pre-Confederation Newfoundland.
Review Quotes
"A powerful reminder of our
community and who we used to be and who we should continue to
remain."
Current
"This material is nicely
organized, combining family memories with work practices,
schooling, and cuisine ('only the very poorest would eat
lobster')."
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