Title : The Morrisons' Choice - Mary Lawson - book

Summary :

In a farming hamlet in northern Ontario, four children struggle to stay together after the accidental death of their parents. Illuminated by subtle notes of humor and tenderness, this beautiful literary novel tells the dramatic story of a close-knit family slowly consumed by misunderstanding and resentment.

A dramatic tale illuminated by subtle notes of humor and tenderness, The Morrisons' Choice questions the impact of the weight of origins on individual destiny. A formidable hymn to love and courage.

Crow Lake, in northern Ontario, a beautiful and harsh land where a small farming community lives, governed by a Presbyterian austerity matched only by the solidarity exercised in times of hardship.
After the accidental death of their parents, seven-year-old Kate Morrison, her older brothers, Luke and Matt, and her little sister Bo see their destinies turned upside down. While Luke, the rebellious eldest, gives up his studies to care for his younger siblings as best he can, it is Matt that the little girl idolizes as a hero. Matt, the bearer of all the hopes of a family destined to rise through education, but above all, a teenager weakened by tragedy.
As an adult, Kate, a biology professor at the University of Toronto, dreads her return to Crow Lake and her reunion with Matt. A stranger among her own people, she must confront the consequences of the painful choices she made twenty years earlier...

• EAN: 9782714438836
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