Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, with its harsh but beautiful extremes of weather, makes an intense backdrop for Macleod`s characters, all of whom are Scottish immigrants struggling with questions of life and death, family, and tradition. Transcending the common themes of the immigrant experience, these stories address profound human questions of identity and self, as they hint that humanity in general confronts a shared spiritual quest. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.
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