The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay

Name: The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay
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ISBN: 9780143119296

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Beverly Jensen

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English

Penguin USA
30 August 2011

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published posthumously through the efforts of Beverly Jensen's many

supporters, this widely acclaimed novel-in-stories offers a richly

textured portrait of a bygone era. In 1916, Idella and Avis Hillock

live on the edge of a chilly bluff in New Brunswick-a barren world of

potato farms and lobster traps, rough men, hard work, and baffling

beauty. From ""Gone,"" the heartbreaking account of the crisis that

changed their lives forever, through ""Wake,"" a darkly comic saga of

funeral plans gone awry, The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay

beautifully charts the trajectory of the Hillocks' divergent lives

against the background of a lost slice of Americana.

By: Beverly Jensen
Imprint: Penguin USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 281g
ISBN: 9780143119296
ISBN 10: 014311929X
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 30 August 2011
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Beverly Jensen earned an MFA in drama from Southern Methodist University. After her death in 2003, her story ""Wake"" was published in the New England Review, included in The Best American Short Stories 2007, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is survived by her husband, Jay Silverman, and their two children.

Reviews for The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay: Fiction

"""The story of these two sisters, Idella and Avis, travels from Canada to New England, but mostly it travels through their lives and hearts, and it will travel through your heart as well."" -- Elizabeth Strout"