Patience of Dearing Bay
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1996
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780920576571
- Publish Date
- Jan 1996
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
After moving in with her grandparents in the small close-knit community of Dearing Bay, on the east coast of Newfoundland, Patience discovers what really is the key to happiness. Patience of Dearing Bay is a poignant story of growing up in rural Canada which offers a fond portrayal of a vanishing way of life.
About the author
Effie Fahey was raised by her grandparents in Wing's Point, one of Newfoundlands outports. She now lives with her family - on Canada's opposite coast - in Victoria, British Columbia.