An island off the coast of another island is home to a small community; life is rich with joy and challenges, and the people who live there love their island home. One day they learn that the government will move them off the island, to new homes with modern conveniences like electricity. Life will be simpler, but will it be better?
In gentle and spare prose, and with her unique folk-art illustrations, Lori Doody tells the story of resettlement in Newfoundland—it is a deeply personal tale, but it is also the story of anyone who must leave a loved home to start anew and who carries their old home still in their heart."
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Lori Doody
Lori Doody majored in printmaking at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College and has worked at: a Japanese paper store, an artist-run centre printshop, and a commercial gallery. Her primary art practice is printmaking, especially etching; in 2005 she was named Emerging Artist of the year by the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council. She is the author/illustrator of The Puffin Problem, which was a finalist for the Bruneau Family Award for Children's/Young Adult Writing. She lives in St. John's with her husband, their two children and their dog.
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