![]() ![]() ![]() Though there is plenty of love, death, longing, and heartbreak in the stories, Crummey ( River Thieves) manages to avoid sentimentality through earthy humor and a sharp eye for detail and striking similes, as in this view of Cabot Tower on Signal Hill in St. ![]() She eventually falls for a Chinese immigrant, however, and what she learns about her parents' relationship after her mother's death teaches her all she needs to know about the possibilities of love. "Diaspora" is a touching story about Karen, a girl so depressed by the wrangling of her parents that she decides she will never love. "Serendipity" is a story about love and love lost, and is a fine portrait of a boy's relationship with his apparently lucky father. It's unusual to find Newfoundland fiction that makes minimal reference to fishermen or the sea, but the air in Black Rock doesn't smell of salt so much as rock dust. Set in the mining town of Black Rock in central Newfoundland, the stories in Michael Crummey's Flesh and Blood touch on the lives of a number of families in different time periods. ![]()
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