Bibliograph

A roll of the bones, Trudy J. Morgan-Cole

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A roll of the bones, Trudy J. Morgan-Cole

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

A roll of the bones

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Trudy J. Morgan-Cole

Series statement

The Cupids Trilogy, Book One

Summary

**CANADA BOOK AWARD WINNER** In 1610, John Guy established a small colony in Cupids, Newfoundland, on the very edge of a world unknown to Europeans. Two years later, he brought a shipment of supplies to his all-male settlement: 70 goats, 10 heifers, 2 bulls, and 16 women. A Roll of the Bones tells the story of some of these nameless women by tracing the journeys of three young people-Ned Perry, Nancy Ellis, and Kathryn Gale-who leave Bristol, England, for a life in the struggling community. Ned dreams of altering his fate with the promise of a New World. Kathryn only wishes to follow her husband-little dreaming she might find romance outside her marriage. And Nancy, the servant girl, has no desire to leave Bristol, but her fealty will ultimately test her ability to survive. A vivid reimagining of settler life in the early seventeenth century, A Roll of the Bones is the first in a trilogy of novels wrestling with the realities of colonization. Here, Trudy J. Morgan-Cole presents an array of unforgettable characters inhabiting the space where two worlds will collide, where the limits of love and loyalty will be tried in a harsh and unforgiving landscape

Target audience

adult

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