Author : Robin Blackburn McBride
Publisher : Essential Prose
ISBN 13 : 9781771832663
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (326 download)
Book Synopsis The Shining Fragments by : Robin Blackburn McBride
Download or read book The Shining Fragments written by Robin Blackburn McBride and published by Essential Prose. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Shining Fragments is a family saga about the Irish in Canada that explores the ramifications of abandonment, obsession, love, memory, and visionary power. Spanning the years 1882-1904, it follows Joseph Conlon from his early childhood in Ulster to his experiences of youth and adulthood as an immigrant. Left behind as a small boy on a Toronto train-station platform like so much forgotten luggage, Joseph grows up in a city bleak with bigotry. He discovers that he has artistic talent and becomes a designer of stained-glass windows. He is haunted by the spirit of his unborn sister, Annie, and the powerful and often conflicting influences of the women in his life. In the end Joseph is given the gift of hope on the same station platform where he was abandoned as a child."--