| Swamp Angel Contributor(s): Wilson, Ethel (Author), Bowering, George (Afterword by) |
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ISBN: 0771094787 ISBN-13: 9780771094781 Publisher: New Canadian Library OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: New Canadian Library (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 7.7" (0.50 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Walking out on a demoralizing second marriage, Maggie Lloyd leaves Vancouver to work at a fishing lodge in the interior of British Columbia. But the serenity of Maggie's new surroundings is soon disturbed by the irrational jealousy of the lodge-keeper's wife. Restoring her own broken spirit, Maggie must also become a healer to others. In this, she is supported by her eccentric friend, Nell Severance, whose pearl-handled revolver - the Swamp Angel - becomes Maggie's ambiguous talisman and the novel's symbolic core. Ethel Wilson's best-loved novel, Swamp Angel first appeared in 1954. It remains an astute and powerful study of one woman's integrity and of the redemptive power of compassion. |