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The custodian of paradise : A novel

"In the waning days of World War II, Sheilagh Fielding makes her way to a deserted island off the coast of Newfoundland. But she soon comes to suspect another presence: that of a man known only as her Provider, who has shadowed her for twenty years. Against the backdrop of Newfoundland's history and landscape, Fielding is a compelling figure. Taller than most men and striking in spite of her crippled leg, she is both eloquent and subversively funny. Her newspaper columns exposing the foibles and hypocrisies of her native city, St. John's, have made many powerful enemies for her, chief among them the man who fathered her children--twins--when she was fourteen. Only her Provider, however, knows all of Sheilagh Fielding's secrets."--Cover.

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  • "Sheilagh Fielding (a character from Johnston's previous novel The colony of unrequited dreams) travels to the deserted island of Loreburn off the coast of Newfoundland with two trunks of provisions for an extended stay. She hopes to relearn how to live her life amidst the wildlife that will be her companions, but discovers that another person is on the island with her--someone who will change her beliefs about the life she has lived."
  • "At the beginning of the novel, Fielding -- advancing on middle age, hobbled by disfigurement and personal demons -- is headed for Loreburn, a deserted island off the south coast of Newfoundland. She has chosen the island after an extensive search through census records, which confirmed that it once had a small town of which only boarded-up houses remain; it is now home to not a single soul. Fielding has no idea what to expect of Loreburn, yet she brings two enormous trunks with her and plans for an extended stay."
  • "Making her way to a deserted island off the coast of Newfoundland in the waning days of World War II, Sheilagh Fielding learns the identity of a man who has shadowed her for twenty years, a finding that coincides with the discovery of the fate of her twin children."
  • ""In the waning days of World War II, Sheilagh Fielding makes her way to a deserted island off the coast of Newfoundland. But she soon comes to suspect another presence: that of a man known only as her Provider, who has shadowed her for twenty years. Against the backdrop of Newfoundland's history and landscape, Fielding is a compelling figure. Taller than most men and striking in spite of her crippled leg, she is both eloquent and subversively funny. Her newspaper columns exposing the foibles and hypocrisies of her native city, St. John's, have made many powerful enemies for her, chief among them the man who fathered her children--twins--when she was fourteen. Only her Provider, however, knows all of Sheilagh Fielding's secrets."--Cover."@en

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Roman canadien de langue anglaise"
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en

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  • "The custodian of paradise : A novel"@en
  • "The custodian of paradise : [a novel]"
  • "The custodian of paradise"
  • "The custodian of paradise"@en
  • "De hoeder van het paradijs"

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