Perdita by Hilary Scharper

Perdita by Hilary Scharper

Scharper shines in this surprising and engaging gothic novel. Impeccably researched and beautifully told, this is a tale that will stay with readers long after the final page is turned.--Publishers Weekly, STARED Review

Marged Brice is 134 years old.
She'd be ready to go, if it weren't for Perdita . . .

The Georgian Bay lighthouse's single eye keeps watch over storm and calm, and Marged grew up in its shadow, learning the language of the wind and the trees. There's blustery beauty there, where sea and sky incite each other to mischief. or worse.

Garth Hellyer of the Longevity Project doesn't believe Marged was a girl coming of age in the 1890s, but reading her diaries in the same wild and unpredictable location where she wrote them might be enough to cast doubt on his common sense.

Everyone knows about death.
It's life that's much more mysterious.

Hilary Scharper deftly mines the beauty and wonder of both the human heart and nature in this haunting tale of enduring love.--Cathy Marie Buchanan, bestselling author of The Painted Girls

Scharper, Hilary: - Hilary Scharper, who lives in Toronto, spent a decade as a lighthouse keeper on the Bruce Peninsula with her husband. She also is the author of a story collection, Dream Dresses, and God and Caesar at the Rio Grande (University of Minnesota Press) which won the Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award. She received her Ph.D. from Yale and is currently Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Toronto.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781492602446
ISBN 10	1492602442
Title	Perdita
Author	Hilary Scharper
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sourcebooks Landmark
Year published	2015-01-20
Number of pages	448
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