On the coast of the great, 1950s Newfoundland fishing banks, Sylvanus Now is a rugged fisherman who treasures the traditions of his small village and his time alone with the vast sea. But when he sees Adelaide, a fiery, proud beauty from a neighboring outport, he is mesmerized and steadily pursues her. Adelaide dreams of escaping across the seas and becoming a missionary, but she is more eager to escape her squealing young brothers and sisters. She soon marries Sylvanus, and the mismatched couple is forced to face one of the great environmental catastrophes of our time: the collapse of the largest fishing grounds on earth. Through this story of love, loss, and transformation in a dissolving community, Donna Morrissey plumbs the depths of authentic relationships and breathes potent life into the ravaged Newfoundland landscape.

About the Author
Donna Morrissey is the award-winning author of Kit's Law and Downhill Chance, and the screenplay Clothesline Patch. She grew up in the Beaches, a small fishing port in Newfoundland, and now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Reviews
"Sylvanus Now pulses with feeling and the roar of the sea." -- Elizabeth Buchan - Sunday Times
"Like the rock where it was born, Morrissey's voice is at once haunting and heartbreaking, lyrical and pure. Anyone still looking for identity in Canadian fiction can call off the search." -- Brad Smith, author of All Hat and Busted Flush
"To read Sylvanus Now is a bracing experience, a sudden immersion into a world of cold brutalities and realities...Sylvanus Now is a powerful, moving evocation of lives and times long gone but close enough to be in living memory, a world vanished but brought vividly back to life in Morrissey's caring hands." -- Robert J. Wiersema - Quill & Quire



Book Information
ISBN 9780393328691
Author Donna Morrissey
Format Paperback
Page Count 338
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 420g
Dimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm * 23mm