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1 de abr. de 2016 · “The Heaviness of Things that Float,” is a beautiful, haunting story. We follow Bernadette, a nurse who has served a First Nations Community for 40 years, and experience the upheaval that occurs in her life following the dispearance of Chase Charlie, a young man she loved like a son.
Jennifer Manuel skilfully depicts the lonely world of Bernadette, a woman who has spent the last forty years living alone on the periphery of a remote West Coast First Nations reserve, serving as a nurse for the community.
9 de ago. de 2016 · The Heaviness of Things that Float is a story told with utmost sensitivity by someone who clearly understands the complicated history of BC’s first peoples. Keenly observant yet never preachy, the author has written an important, engaging story that reveals so much about the fragility of culture.
2 de abr. de 2016 · Jennifer Manuel skilfully depicts the lonely world of Bernadette, a woman who has spent the last forty years living alone on the periphery of a remote West Coast First Nations reserve, serving as a nurse for the community.
4 de may. de 2023 · "Jennifer Manuel skilfully depicts the lonely world of Bernadette, a woman who has spent the last forty years living alone on the periphery of a remote West Coast First Nations reserve, serving as a nurse for the community. Only weeks from retirement, Bernadette finds herself unsettled, with no immediate family of her own.
8 de jul. de 2016 · The Heaviness of Things that Float. by Jennifer Manuel. Douglas & McIntyre, 2016. The cover of Jennifer Manuel’s debut novel, The Heaviness of Things that Float, depicts two seashells attempting a yin yang configuration.
Jennifer Manuel skilfully depicts the lonely world of Bernadette, a woman who has spent the last forty years living alone on the periphery of a remote West Coast First Nations...
