By the Rivers of Brooklyn

Author: Trudy Morgan-Cole|See more titles by Trudy Morgan-Cole

List Price:$19.95 You Save: $4.79 (24%)
Online Price:$15.16

irewards Member Price:$14.40

In Stock

< close and return to chapters.indigo.ca

Shortcovers.com is our digital reading partner.

chapters.indigo.ca and Shortcovers are separate websites.
In order to complete your eBook purchase, you will need to create
a new, free account at Shortcovers.com

next time I select an eBook, don't show this pop-up

Average Customer Rating

16 ratings

Community Reviews

2 reviews

write a review

Enjoy FREE Holiday Shipping on orders over $39 when you order by December 9. + See Holiday Shipping Deadlines.

Looking for a hard-to-find book? Try searching our Used & Rare section. + See details

About this Book

Format:Trade Paperback

Dimensions:288 Pages, 9 x 6 in

Published:May 3, 2009

Publisher:Breakwater Books Ltd

The following ISBNs are associated with this title:
ISBN - 10:1550812629
ISBN - 13:9781550812626

From the Publisher

In the 1920s, Jim, Bert and Rose Evans all move from Newfoundland to Brooklyn, New York, in search of work and a better life, leaving their sister Annie back home in St. John’s. When tragedy strikes, Bert’s fiancée Ethel is forced to make a desperate choice, the results of which resonate through the Evans family across three countries and three generations. By the Rivers of Brooklyn explores the hopes, passions and heartbreaks of those who went away and those who stayed behind.

By the Rivers of Brooklyn transforms into fiction the experience of the 75,000 first- and second-generation Newfoundlanders who once lived in Brooklyn, New York – and the universal experience of migration, of people throughout history who have gone away to find work and prosperity but never stopped dreaming of home.

About the Author

Trudy J. Morgan-Cole is a writer and teacher. Her previous works of historical fiction include The Violent Friendship of Esther Johnson, Deborah and Barak, and Esther: A Story of Courage. She lives in St. John’s with her husband and two children, and teaches English, writing, and social studies to adult learners at The Murphy Centre.

From the Critics

"With this novel, Trudy Morgan-Cole has broken new ground ... it is permeated with memorable characters and a strong sense of place. A finely nuanced novel that is a pleasure to read."
- Joan Clark, award-winning author of An Audience of Chairs and Latitudes of Melt.

"Morgan-Cole has a fine eye for significant detail, a keen ear for preciseness of time and place and an overall ability to mine the emotions of her characters."
- M.T. Dohaney, award-winning author of A Marriage of Masks and The Corrigan Women.

"You will be swept away by this story."
- Tina Chaulk, award-winning author of This Much Is True and A Few Kinds of Wrong

"By the Rivers of Brooklyn is one of the most satisfying novels I've ever read...[it] establishes her as a writer to be reckoned with. I literally could not put it down."
- Helen Porter, award-winning author of january, february, june or July and Finishing School

"A must-read. When I finished the last chapter, I was still hungry for more … Her newest book has taken years of research, and it shows."
- Shirley Newhook, The Telegram

"This novel is both meaty and delicate; you can dig right into it, and still find yourself savouring turns of plot, turns of phrase ... The writing is deft and enjoyable."
- Joan Sullivan, The Telegram

"The character-driven, Austen-esque By the Rivers of Brooklyn is a deft and impressive work of fiction in which the prose style is spare - controlled and assured … One might contend that Newfoundlanders have rarely been as capably or a truthfully represented on the page as they are here."
- Darrell Squires, The Western Star

"Morgan-Cole has an easy, confident writing style that takes you quickly into the story… and her ability to show her characters' small victories and large defeats with equal ease makes you trust her, and want to find out what happens to the people she has created."
- Sharon Hunt, The Chronicle Herald

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Call Of A Distant Shore

| Corinne Hoebers

List Price: $24.95

Online Price: $16.46

Usually ships in 3 - 5 weeks

+ See Details

From The Community

Who's Listing it as a Top Ten

This item has not yet appeared in a Top Ten List - be the first to create a list using this item!

Who's Blogging

This title has been mentioned in 2 blogs. See the most recent posts below:

Online Book Launch June 17

Trudy Morgan-Cole , 5 months ago
By the Rivers of Brooklyn -- Online Launch Party

Trudy Morgan-Cole , 5 months ago
+ see more
- see less

Average Customer Rating:
Reviews from the Community2 Reviews

Write a Review

Faye Leighton
A really great book

3 months ago

Thanks for signing my book. Met you in Corner Brook. One of the best books I've read in a very long time. I'm in a book club and will recommend this book in September. Travelling to England in Oct and our host for a couple of nights in South Hampton is intersted in NL authors. I'm so excited to deliver this book to her (her own copy, of course. I'm keeping mine). Loved the characters, especially Ethel and Anne. Wanted to give Rose a good shake. My sister loved the book as well, and… + read more
- add a comment
- Was this helpful? yes no yes no
- report this
Glenda Savory
- 5 people found this helpful
You won't be able to put it down

5 months ago

It is difficult to say what is best about this book. The story sweeps you along, the characters make you love them, the emotional experiences are true and touching. You will laugh out loud and cry tears for these people and their lives. Trudy Morgan-Cole does all this with her finely tuned sense of language and of voice. I will read it again and again.
- add a comment
- Was this helpful? yes no yes no
- report this

see all 2 reviews

May We Also Recommend

Esther: A Story Of Courage

Trudy J. Morgan-cole

List Price: $24.50

Online Price: $19.60

In Stock

+ See Details

Tag this Product

Tag this Product:

+ What is This?

Thank you! Your tag has been submitted.