Spanning the years 1916 to 1987, the lives of sisters Idella and Avis Hillock are described in a series of vignettes, opening with an account of their mother's death in childbirth and closing with Idella's husband, Eddie, now an old man, reminiscing about his life with Idella. Set in the rough landscape of New Brunswick, Canada.
"Spanning the years 1916 to 1987, the lives of sisters Idella and Avis Hillock are described in a series of vignettes, opening with an account of their mother's death in childbirth and closing with Idella's husband, Eddie, now an old man, reminiscing about his life with Idella. Set in the rough landscape of New Brunswick, Canada."@en
"Spanning the years 1916 to 1987, the lives of sisters Idella and Avis Hillock are described in a series of vignettes, opening with an account of their mother's death in childbirth and closing with Idella's husband, Eddie, now an old man, reminiscing about his life with Idella. Set in the rough landscape of New Brunswick, Canada."
"Ein Fleckchen Erde wird zur ganzen Welt New Brunswick, Kanada. Ein kleines Haus am Rande einer zerklüfteten Steilküste. Hier leben die Schwestern Idella und Avis nach dem Tod der Mutter allein mit ihrem chaotischen Vater. In einer Welt, die aus nichts als Kartoffelfarmen, Hummerfallen, rauen Männern und harter Arbeit zu bestehen scheint. Wäre da nicht die liebenswerte Maddie, das französischsprachige Dienstmädchen, das sich nach einer Familie sehnt und aus alten Lumpen eine Puppe zusammennäht, die ihr Ein und Alles ist. Und der schrullige Doktor, der ein schreckliches Geheimnis hütet. Und natürlich Avis' störrische Kuh Bossy, die eines Tages beinahe im Schlamm versinkt. Über sieben Jahrzehnte hinweg begleiten wir die unvergesslichen Schwestern von Kanada nach Neuengland, wo Idella in ihrem Gemischtwarenladen in Maine kauzige Einheimische bedient, während ihr Mann anderen Frauen nachstellt. Und wo Avis an einem stürmischen Wintertag etwas ganz Entscheidendes verliert ... Beverly Jensen wurde in Westbrook, Maine, geboren. Bevor sie mit dem Schreiben begann, studierte sie Schauspiel an der Southern Methodist University. Zwischen 1986 und 2003 schrieb sie mit Hingabe an den Hummerschwestern, während sie gemeinsam mit ihrem Mann Jay ihre beiden Kinder grosszog und halbtags in einem Büro in New York City arbeitete. Als Beverly Jensen im Alter von neunundvierzig an Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs starb, hatte sie noch kein Wort ihres Textes publiziert. Es waren ihre Familie und einige begeisterte Unterstützer, die "Die Hummerschwestern" schliesslich als Buch veröffentlichten. Und die so dazu beitrugen, dass Beverly Jensen nach ihrem Tod der literarische Ruhm zuteil wurde, der ihr schon zu Lebzeiten gebührt hätte."
"A sequence of tales chronicling the early twentieth-century lives of New Brunswick sisters Idella and Avis Hillock includes "Gone," an account of their mother's heartbreaking childbirth crisis and "Wake," in which they attend their wild father's funeral."@en
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