Saints of Big Harbour

Saints of Big Harbour

"Saints of Big Harbour" is a novel by Lynn Coady, published in 2002 by Doubleday Canada. It was Coady's first novel to be published in the United States.

Plot summary

In "Saints of Big Harbour", Coady portrays a small community in Nova Scotia. From his own perspective the main character, Guy Boucher, a fatherless teenager, tells the stories of those who surround him: his alcoholic uncle Isadore, a quietly wise girl named Pam, his draft-dodger English teacher and a group of boys stuck in emotional adolescence. While the story unfolds it becomes clear that Guy lives in a community strongly driven by clichés such as gender, beauty, strength, family and love.


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