Running the Whale's Back: Stories of Faith and Doubt from by Andrew Atkinson,Mark Harris

By Andrew Atkinson,Mark Harris

In a suite as positive in scope because it is intimate intimately, working the Whale’s again provides a bunch of jap Canada’s brightest literary abilities, all placing pens to paper to discover the a number of points of what we name “faith” via a different Atlantic vantage element. In a lovely mix of kind and topics, the whole breadth of Atlantic Canadian spirituality is printed. those are items that poke and prod, ruminate and flow with topics of faith and cultures of spirituality. Mysticism meets piety, holiness argues with practicality, and wish lives part by means of part with melancholy because the tales spiral and waltz themselves around the 4 provinces. because the authors bounce from topic to topic, we find demise lurking within the lonely barren region, ski jumpers partaking in miracles, and preachers pain marital discord. Featured authors are Michael Crummey, Sheldon Currie, Joan Clark, David Adams Richards, Kenneth J. Harvey, Clive Doucet, Deborah pleasure Corey, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Michael Hennessey, Lynn Coady, D.R. MacDonald, Jessica provide, Michael iciness, Samuel Thomas Martin, Michelle Butler Hallett, Kathleen wintry weather, and Ann Copeland.

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