Footpaths and Fishing Boats: Growing Up in Nipper's Harbour

By Audrey Starkes

“Here is the budding consciousness of a young girl
in a small Newfoundland fishing community during
the final years of its prosperous isolation.
As a treasured only child, she weaves diverting observations with delicate introspection to create
an intriguing view of her society and herself.
Wonderingly, she gradually becomes aware of
the local economy and culture: the hustle and muscle of an unusually rich fishery, her matrix of relatives
and religion, the annual rituals and daily rounds,
the home remedies and hopeful charms.
Accidents and illness make her mindful of a wider world. Education requires travel. And the gravel road snaking steadily over rocky hills will fade her birthplace into a feeding of memories. This fate she shares with many millions who have sustained similar changes.”

— Dr. Harold Paddock
Retired Professor of Linguistics
Memorial University of Newfoundland

• Language: English
• Publisher: Petra Books
• Release date: Nov 22, 2015
• ISBN: 9781927032435

Audrey Starkes

Audrey Starkes MSW is a retired psychiatric social worker. She was fortunate to have grown up in Nipper’s Harbour on the northeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada while it was still an isolated outport. Audrey has published stories in the Ottawa Story Spinners’ Black Lake Chronicles.

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