About this book
The story of a jinxed family, a catalog of rape, incest and death. James Piper abuses his daughter, atones by sending her to New York to study singing while he goes to war, she returns pregnant, dies in childbirth when her mother opens her to save her twins. One of the twins dies, mother commits suicide, the second twin contracts polio while being baptized in a creek by an aunt, the aunt is raped by James. A first novel set in Nova Scotia early this century.
Subjects
SistersFamiliesFictionFamilyFiction, sagasNova scotia, fictionNew york (n.y.), fictionFiction, historical, generalSisters, fictionFamily -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island -- FictionSisters -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island -- FictionFiction, generalGeneralDomestic fictionLiterature and fiction (general)Dysfunctional familiesRape victimsIncest victimsFerro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction Finalist