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|  | | Loose Pearls and Other Stories
A collection of short stories, "gems from a practiced and gifted writer whose insights and imaginings are ... beautiful and mysterious."
If there is one connecting thread to these thirteen stories, it is the idea of secrets and things withheld from loved ones. The life of coal miner Doc MacSween reflects the overburden of the disaster in which he played a part. Katia carries a secret child in her heart while her sister allows her to suffer in silence. Monica returns to her former school as a teacher to relive the pangs of a hopeless crush. An old man shields his wife from her best friend's penchant for walking off with other people's belongings. In the title story, Loose Pearls, Anna tries to pass on a disturbing chapter of | |  | | The Value of The Land
Estranged from his family, Dixon Peach never wants to see the farm where he grew up again. When he becomes entangled in his grandfather's scheme to build a golf course, he must make a tough decision that will ultimately resolve the dreams and ambitions of three generations.
Living in Toronto, after years of estrangement, Dixon Peach is reluctantly drawn back into his family when his grandfather offers him an opportunity he can hardly refuse. If Dixon will move back home and claim his inheritance—the family farm in Cape Breton where he grew up—the old man will finance the development of a golf course on the property. For Dixon this means not just returning to the life he ran away from, but admitting that, on his own, he has been unable to find his place in the world—something his deceased father could see just by looking out his own wind |
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