Shayne won’t get out of the car. It’s the summer of 1972 and the whole family has come up to Grandpa Murphy’s cottage for their annual trip. Three generations are out on the property, swimming, wandering through the forest, fixing up the clubhouse, getting ready to sing around the fire, and having a lovely time. And Shayne won’t get out of the car.
A novel in fourteen stories, East Grand Lake is a lovely, thoughtful, warm-hearted tale of life at the lake with a big family. Following the Murphy Clan from one evening to the next, Tim Ryan captures the many tiny, important dramas that occur simultaneously, sometimes invisibly, when everyone gets together. A pair of brothers hunt frogs. The girl cousins make a bid for supremacy. A boy is afraid of the end of the dock. Over one sun-soaked day, the Murphy family wrestles with grief, aging, betrayal, mental illness, and the many small fictions that occur when people share their lives.
Written with humour, compassion, and authenticity, East Grand Lake welcomes readers into the complex inner world of a large and loving family. This is a book for everyone who misses or wishes for summer vacation.
Shayne won’t get out of the car. It’s the summer of 1972 and the whole family has come up to Grandpa Murphy’s cottage for their annual trip. Three generations are out on the property, swimming, wandering through the forest, fixing up the clubhouse, getting ready to sing around the fire, and having a lovely time. And Shayne won’t get out of the car.
A novel in fourteenstories, East Grand Lake is a lovely, thoughtful, warm-hearted tale of life at the lake with a big family. Following the Murphy Clan from one evening to the next, Tim Ryan captures the many tiny, important dramas that occur simultaneously, sometimes invisibly, when everyone gets together. A pair of brothers hunt frogs. The girl cousins make a bid for supremacy. A boy is afraid of the end of the dock. Over one sun-soaked day, the Murphy family wrestles with grief, aging, betrayal, mental illness, and the many small fictions that occur when people share their lives.
Written with humour, compassion, and authenticity, East Grand Lake welcomes readers into the complex inner world of a large and loving family. This is a book for everyone who misses or wishes for summer vacation.
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- Pages
- 188
- Published in
- Calgary, CA
- Series
- Brave & Brilliant
Table of Contents
- Front Cover 1
- Half Title Page 2
- Full Title Page 4
- Copyright Page 5
- Dedication 6
- Epigraphs 8
- SHAYNE 10
- SCOTTIE 20
- SHAYNE: SCOTTIE AND BETSY 28
- THE LETTER 31
- SHAYNE: AIDAN AND CONNOR 35
- BUCKETS 38
- SHAYNE: OWLS 48
- MAC 50
- SHAYNE: THE FROG 59
- AN L 62
- SHAYNE: PIGGYBACK 76
- THE FORT 79
- SHAYNE: SANDWICHES 84
- ABSENT DRAKE 88
- SHAYNE: MOM AND MATT 97
- RULE #1 103
- SHAYNE: WATER BALLOONS AND BATS 120
- THE BAT 123
- SHAYNE: THE CANDYMAN 129
- THE CANDY TREE 132
- SHAYNE: EMM 136
- DINNER 142
- SHAYNE: THE DRIVEWAY AFTER SCHOOL 150
- TALENT SHOW 152
- SHAYNE: OTHER PEOPLE 166
- PATRICK 168
- SHAYNE: FRESH AIR 174
- Acknowledgements 178
- Author Biography 180
- Series Page 181
