Broken Wings

by Clarissa Smith

Clarissa Smith grew up along the Quebec/Labrador coast in the 1950's and 1960's. Broken Wings is her true story of life in the harsh and unforgiving land with its own wild beauty. Its a story about love,hate and abandonment,but overall its about the fragility of life. Broken Wings is Clarissa's telling of a promise to her dying mother that she couldn't keep. Her story is one that you will never forget. Its both shocking and heartbreaking in its naked honesty.

193 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Nan Bidlack · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although I read this book over five years ago, it has remained the most memorable and most heart-wrenching memoir I have ever read. I remember reading all night, as I could not put it down once I started. For a memoir, it was unusually suspenseful. Especially compelling were the life or death challenges the author faced as a child during the 50's and 60's along the harsh Quebec-Labrador coast. Carissa Smith's forthright story includes abandonment, neglect, death, births, domestic violence, near-death experience, extreme poverty, hunger, despair, sacrifice, and the impossible promise she was determined to fulfill.