This novel traces a family's history from the northern coast of Ireland in the 1840s, where a young woman embraced a semi-conscious sailor, who had washed in with the tide, to Ontario, Canada. Jane Urquhart has also written "The Whirlpool" (winner of the Prix du Meilleur Live Etranger).
- ISBN10 0771086598
- ISBN13 9780771086595
- Publish Date 4 September 1993
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Imprint McClelland & Stewart
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 368
- Language English