The Outport People

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Claire Mowat and her husband, Farley, the renowned author-naturalist, arrived in Baleena by schooner. There were no roads, no cars and no telephones. The tiny village that nestled among the rocky hills of Newfoundland's desolate southern coast had existed for generations with ancient customs and patterns of speech that still endured - while the modern world waited impatiently in the wings, threatening at any moment to engulf a timeless way of life. Drawing on a wealth of first-hand experience and a deep love of Canada's most insular province, Claire Mowat has written a fictional memoir that beautifully recreates an almost vanished world. A world where life revolved tightly around the home and neighbours watched over one another. A world where one's kitchen was an open forum for anyone who might drop in, day or night. A world that Claire Mowat grew to know and cherish... even after the time came to say farewll.