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Halfway to Schist
Jane “Red” Rogers is the daughter of two geologists, so her childhood has been overshadowed by all things having to do with the rock cycle, plate tectonics, and glaciation.
When her mother commits suicide, Red and her father embark on an adventure to restore an old family fishing lodge on an island in the Georgian Bay area of Canada. Along the way, Red must navigate around the submerged hazards resulting from the friendship with a local boy and an Anishinaabe man and his grandson—all the while trying to fit in with the rich teen aged crowd at the local hotel.
With each misadventure Red encounters, her mother's journal continues to teach her how the lessons of geology and glaciation are as applicable to human beings as they are to her beloved rocks and ice.
When her mother commits suicide, Red and her father embark on an adventure to restore an old family fishing lodge on an island in the Georgian Bay area of Canada. Along the way, Red must navigate around the submerged hazards resulting from the friendship with a local boy and an Anishinaabe man and his grandson—all the while trying to fit in with the rich teen aged crowd at the local hotel.
With each misadventure Red encounters, her mother's journal continues to teach her how the lessons of geology and glaciation are as applicable to human beings as they are to her beloved rocks and ice.
276 pages, Paperback
Published March 31, 2022
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Peter Bridgford
6 books18 followersBridge lives on an island off the coast of Maine with his wife, their two daughters, and two dogs named Twilight and Teddy.
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February 15, 2022
This book is interesting on so many levels. Red, a young American teenager and the daughter of two geological professors, has recently lost her mother to suicide. Her father decides to uproot Red, moving to a remote area in Ontario, Canada to renovate a relative's old fishing lodge. Red, of course, is angry at this decision but once there rather quickly changes her opinion. The events of the story, which take place in 1955, are metaphorically related to the geology of her parents' fascination, with chapters opening with short definitions of various aspects of rocks and glaciers. There are also stories that Red's mother wrote for her to read after her death. Most were stories her mother told to her as a child and are also related to geology and science but using those subjects as ways to understand life. in addition to the suicide of the young protagonist's mother, this coming-of-age novel tackles very difficult subject matter such as racial and economic bias and discrimination, the lengths people will go to in order to win or gain favor, and an illustration of the level to which "good girls" of the time were blamed for getting into bad situations. That said, the novel is so very beautiful in its descriptions of the gorgeous waterways just off Georgian Bay of Lake Huron and in the extraordinary friendships between people of many ages, genders, ethnicities and social strata. The characterizations are wonderful and deep. I felt so drawn in to this story that I was engrossed and read the book far faster than I had intended and then was sorry that it was over. I plan to read the author's other books soon!
*I was give this book free of charge in exchange for an honest review. This opinion is my own.*
*I was give this book free of charge in exchange for an honest review. This opinion is my own.*
November 11, 2022
A woman looks back on her life coming of age in the Georgian Bay region of Canada. Her mother has committed suicide and her father has been secretly diagnosed with cancer. Together, she and her father make their way to a remote island where a decrepit fishing lodge and an uncommon summer await to change her forever. Nicknamed “Red,” she makes lasting friendships with the locals and acquires valuable life lessons while being a nanny, learning to pilot a boat, and sharing in the renovation of the old lodge and other adventures.
Written in a nostalgic tone, the memory of that one special summer is revisited and the losses experienced throughout her life are shared. While decades have passed in the storyteller's life, she remains loyal, looking to her own end when she will reunite with her old friends once again.
A very good story, very well-written and realistic. I enjoyed every page of it!
Written in a nostalgic tone, the memory of that one special summer is revisited and the losses experienced throughout her life are shared. While decades have passed in the storyteller's life, she remains loyal, looking to her own end when she will reunite with her old friends once again.
A very good story, very well-written and realistic. I enjoyed every page of it!
May 17, 2022
I think that this is my least cringe-worthy book. I tried to write something that would appeal to a wider audience, and I am very happy with the result.
February 18, 2022
Opal Ethelred Rogers, Red for short, the only child of two geology professors, has been brought up on her mother’s stories, which use geological episodes as metaphors for life. According to her mother, “Life is nothing but an unending series of these glacial and interglacial periods. Remember that, Red.” When her mother commits suicide, Red relegates these “gilded sagas” to being “one more ugly indictment” of her family and “one more sign that my mother, my father and I were not, and would never be, normal.”
Difficult years ensue until one day her father decides to uproot their lives in Buffalo and relocate to a small uninhabited island near Pointe au Baril Station on the east coast of Georgian Bay in southern Ontario, Canada. While packing for the move, the stories her mother told her as a child are rediscovered in a notebook and they become “the compass I would use to navigate through the most unforgettable and influential moments of my life – the summer of 1955.”
Her father’s plan to rebuild an abandoned lodge at this isolated location is met with dismay and some resistance by his fifteen-year-old daughter. This reluctance gradually turns into cooperation and deeper bond is formed between father and daughter. Help with the restoration is recruited and includes a couple of young men, Isadore Whitefeather and Walter Mahoney, both about the same age as Red. Despite having disparate backgrounds, the teenagers become fast friends and support each other, including Walter’s ill-fated entry in the annual regatta and the catching of a mythic musky in the fishing derby, both sponsored by a nearby hotel/resort.
It’s the same hotel where Red accepts a job as a nanny and is introduced to the “Richie Riches,” the pretentious guests who reside there in the summer. Ignoring warnings from her friends, Red decides to attend a secret, unchaperoned party in a remote location with the teen guests, gets drunk and only the timely intervention of Isadore and Walter saves her from being raped. Yes, the Richie Riches are a nasty lot and not all of them have come by their wealth honestly, as the trio of intrepid teens soon find out.
Author Peter Bridgford has created an entertaining coming-of-age novel that depicts the end of innocence in an innocent time. Halfway to Schist has a realistic plot, believable characters, and flawless writing, including impressive imagery of the Canadian wilderness as well as authentic fishing and boating details. The geological metaphors are interesting if for no other reason than the science they’re derived from. The story flows naturally and, with the exception of a beginning burdened with backstory and an overlong denouement, is well structured with rising tension that has the reader turning pages quickly.
Difficult years ensue until one day her father decides to uproot their lives in Buffalo and relocate to a small uninhabited island near Pointe au Baril Station on the east coast of Georgian Bay in southern Ontario, Canada. While packing for the move, the stories her mother told her as a child are rediscovered in a notebook and they become “the compass I would use to navigate through the most unforgettable and influential moments of my life – the summer of 1955.”
Her father’s plan to rebuild an abandoned lodge at this isolated location is met with dismay and some resistance by his fifteen-year-old daughter. This reluctance gradually turns into cooperation and deeper bond is formed between father and daughter. Help with the restoration is recruited and includes a couple of young men, Isadore Whitefeather and Walter Mahoney, both about the same age as Red. Despite having disparate backgrounds, the teenagers become fast friends and support each other, including Walter’s ill-fated entry in the annual regatta and the catching of a mythic musky in the fishing derby, both sponsored by a nearby hotel/resort.
It’s the same hotel where Red accepts a job as a nanny and is introduced to the “Richie Riches,” the pretentious guests who reside there in the summer. Ignoring warnings from her friends, Red decides to attend a secret, unchaperoned party in a remote location with the teen guests, gets drunk and only the timely intervention of Isadore and Walter saves her from being raped. Yes, the Richie Riches are a nasty lot and not all of them have come by their wealth honestly, as the trio of intrepid teens soon find out.
Author Peter Bridgford has created an entertaining coming-of-age novel that depicts the end of innocence in an innocent time. Halfway to Schist has a realistic plot, believable characters, and flawless writing, including impressive imagery of the Canadian wilderness as well as authentic fishing and boating details. The geological metaphors are interesting if for no other reason than the science they’re derived from. The story flows naturally and, with the exception of a beginning burdened with backstory and an overlong denouement, is well structured with rising tension that has the reader turning pages quickly.
December 22, 2022
I really liked this book. It concerns a family of two, daughter Red and father, losing Red's mother to suicide and returning to its roots, a lodge on an island in a little hamlet named Pointe au Baril, in Canada. I was reasonably into the book and wondering when they would again uproot and move to another town called Schist. Alas, Schist, of course, is not a town. It's a geological term (Red's parents are both geologists). Per Wikipedia - "Because schists are a very large class of metamorphic rock, geologists will formally describe a rock as a schist only when the original type of the rock prior to metamorphism (the protolith) is unknown and its mineral content is not yet determined." To author Bridgford, main character Opal Ethelred Rogers, nicknamed Red, is becoming a schist of a person - her "metamorphism" has not yet taken place, and her "mineral content" (true character) is by stages, being revealed. After initial resistance to the move, Red surprises herself by developing an appreciation for the genuine Canadian characters and a genuine attachment to the island and the lodge, and the author very tactfully permits the reader to follow Red's metamorphosis.
There are many endearing aspects to this book, among them being the method by which the author turns a phrase. The first words are "Before she killed herself..." but these are not just attention getters - mom's suicide provides the backdrop for the action throughout. The trip through Niagara is described as "like some retreating glacier", revealing the remnants of a life once enjoyed. Mr. Bridgford describes the transformation between Red and the Canadians thus - meals transitioned from "muted gatherings based on mistrust" to events where participants were "comfortable enough not to speak." Silence remained, but the motivation for silence was altogether different.
Also endearing were mom's greatest gifts to Red, her stories. Red grew up loving her mother's bedtime stories, and before she died, her mother packaged 5 stories, again based on geology but containing critical life lessons, to Red. These stories are revealed, one at a time, throughout the book. Also fetching were the gentle means by which the author revealed the motivation for mom's suicide, as well as the impetus for dad to hurriedly get the lodge back into order.
I thoroughly enjoyed following Red through her adventures and misadventures. Thanks to Peter Bridgford for providing that access.
There are many endearing aspects to this book, among them being the method by which the author turns a phrase. The first words are "Before she killed herself..." but these are not just attention getters - mom's suicide provides the backdrop for the action throughout. The trip through Niagara is described as "like some retreating glacier", revealing the remnants of a life once enjoyed. Mr. Bridgford describes the transformation between Red and the Canadians thus - meals transitioned from "muted gatherings based on mistrust" to events where participants were "comfortable enough not to speak." Silence remained, but the motivation for silence was altogether different.
Also endearing were mom's greatest gifts to Red, her stories. Red grew up loving her mother's bedtime stories, and before she died, her mother packaged 5 stories, again based on geology but containing critical life lessons, to Red. These stories are revealed, one at a time, throughout the book. Also fetching were the gentle means by which the author revealed the motivation for mom's suicide, as well as the impetus for dad to hurriedly get the lodge back into order.
I thoroughly enjoyed following Red through her adventures and misadventures. Thanks to Peter Bridgford for providing that access.
May 13, 2023
I want to say thank you to Booktasters on Twitter and the author, Peter Bridgford, for the chance and patience to read this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
Reading this book has been a challenge, I have dealt with a lot of grief way before reading and during reading this book and it made me think and reflect. We all have dealt with a lot of loss in the past three years and before that, it has been hard to get through it and the book because it reminded me of the people I lost. I had to stop many times and I even had to cry while reading it.
The words hit so close to home that I felt like I was sitting in a corner watching everything happen. And it was also very educational I don't know much about geology and I was taught some of it during high school but my school book wasn't as well-written as the book was. It filled in a lot of blanks I had from school! I gained some knowledge that I didn't know I wanted or needed! It took a long time to finish this book but it is one of the few books that had such an impact on me.
I would definitely re-read it in a few years maybe then I would have another epiphany and see what I more I will learn! It's a mixture of geology classes and storytelling of a girl grieving the death of her mother. Suicide is no joke! I have struggled and still struggle every day with such thoughts and while reading this I was in a very very very dark place and I think subconsciously it helped me get out of this place.
Yet this book isn't therapy or medication if you have such thoughts please refer to a specialist!
But the book does distract you by showing you the beauty and resilience of our planet and Canada. I always wanted to visit Canada and in a sense I did through this book! The writing is so vivid, that's the word that kept circling my mind! The writer, Peter, is super talented and I can't wait to see more of his books out there for the world to read! It's a heartfelt and real story! You should definitely check it out if you want something deep and meaningful yet entertaining and journey-inducing.
Again, I want to thank both Booktasters and Peter Bridgford for this opportunity!
Reading this book has been a challenge, I have dealt with a lot of grief way before reading and during reading this book and it made me think and reflect. We all have dealt with a lot of loss in the past three years and before that, it has been hard to get through it and the book because it reminded me of the people I lost. I had to stop many times and I even had to cry while reading it.
The words hit so close to home that I felt like I was sitting in a corner watching everything happen. And it was also very educational I don't know much about geology and I was taught some of it during high school but my school book wasn't as well-written as the book was. It filled in a lot of blanks I had from school! I gained some knowledge that I didn't know I wanted or needed! It took a long time to finish this book but it is one of the few books that had such an impact on me.
I would definitely re-read it in a few years maybe then I would have another epiphany and see what I more I will learn! It's a mixture of geology classes and storytelling of a girl grieving the death of her mother. Suicide is no joke! I have struggled and still struggle every day with such thoughts and while reading this I was in a very very very dark place and I think subconsciously it helped me get out of this place.
Yet this book isn't therapy or medication if you have such thoughts please refer to a specialist!
But the book does distract you by showing you the beauty and resilience of our planet and Canada. I always wanted to visit Canada and in a sense I did through this book! The writing is so vivid, that's the word that kept circling my mind! The writer, Peter, is super talented and I can't wait to see more of his books out there for the world to read! It's a heartfelt and real story! You should definitely check it out if you want something deep and meaningful yet entertaining and journey-inducing.
Again, I want to thank both Booktasters and Peter Bridgford for this opportunity!
May 28, 2024
Daringly Original and Solid as a Rock
Like the topography it often describes, Halfway to Schist is austerely beautiful. Author Peter Bridgford has created a truly original novel that eschews cliché and sentiment, in the process writing a profoundly poignant depiction of a young woman Red who grows despite the daunting losses and obstacles she confronts.
Her mother’s suicide propels her father out of Buffalo to Canada onto a Georgian Bay island where he works with Red to restore and old, broken-down family fishing lodge. Set in the Summer of 1955, the story balances the idyllic evocations of nature with the flinty condescension of wealthy Americans who boorishly impose their presence unto this watery paradise.
Around the smart, conflicted, but adaptable Red, Bridgford populates Halfway to Schist with authentic and believable characters, from the kind, determinedly nerdy father to the quietly attuned mechanic and tribal elder Albert Whitefeather to the young, handy, and protective carpenter/boater/fisherman Walter.
What makes this novel both rich and innovative is the brilliant, yet easily accessible integration of geology (particularly rocks, stones, and ice) that develops into allegories about time, relationships, and the need to accept tectonic shifts that are as inevitable as they are earthshaking. Not only has Bridgford structured the chapters around this conceit, forming layers and veins of meaning, but his addition of the deceased mother’s letters to Red offer additional emotional and intellectual gravity (“Life is nothing but an unending series of these glacial and interglacial periods”).
The story itself unfolds compellingly as Red moves from fixing the lodge to babysitting the children of an entitled mother to engaging in toxic teenage relationships to getting involved in boat races and fishing competitions, all hurtling toward a climax that is both breathtaking and true to all that preceded.
Bridgford has written an eloquent, powerful story that, true to the geology that informs it, is both marked by time and builds upon it.
Like the topography it often describes, Halfway to Schist is austerely beautiful. Author Peter Bridgford has created a truly original novel that eschews cliché and sentiment, in the process writing a profoundly poignant depiction of a young woman Red who grows despite the daunting losses and obstacles she confronts.
Her mother’s suicide propels her father out of Buffalo to Canada onto a Georgian Bay island where he works with Red to restore and old, broken-down family fishing lodge. Set in the Summer of 1955, the story balances the idyllic evocations of nature with the flinty condescension of wealthy Americans who boorishly impose their presence unto this watery paradise.
Around the smart, conflicted, but adaptable Red, Bridgford populates Halfway to Schist with authentic and believable characters, from the kind, determinedly nerdy father to the quietly attuned mechanic and tribal elder Albert Whitefeather to the young, handy, and protective carpenter/boater/fisherman Walter.
What makes this novel both rich and innovative is the brilliant, yet easily accessible integration of geology (particularly rocks, stones, and ice) that develops into allegories about time, relationships, and the need to accept tectonic shifts that are as inevitable as they are earthshaking. Not only has Bridgford structured the chapters around this conceit, forming layers and veins of meaning, but his addition of the deceased mother’s letters to Red offer additional emotional and intellectual gravity (“Life is nothing but an unending series of these glacial and interglacial periods”).
The story itself unfolds compellingly as Red moves from fixing the lodge to babysitting the children of an entitled mother to engaging in toxic teenage relationships to getting involved in boat races and fishing competitions, all hurtling toward a climax that is both breathtaking and true to all that preceded.
Bridgford has written an eloquent, powerful story that, true to the geology that informs it, is both marked by time and builds upon it.
January 10, 2023
BOOK:-HALF WAY TO SCHIST BY PETER BRIDGFORD
BOOK REVIEWER OKOKO AYEZU TAMARAPREYE
SYNOPSIS
A poetic style historical fiction and story on anthropology and geology looking at the narrator ,Opal Ethelred Roger's life and some of the tales told her by her mother.It is a story on family life,sports,politics,world conflict,human rights, and race relations looking at the subject of climate change .The story uses rocks to describe humans and reiterates strategies for race runs,preparing the boat for the race,political survival in the midst of ozone depletion and emergence of new water bodies proffering boat travels for those that are usually by themselves and canoestravels for two cause it takes two to paddle while looking at the various response of various persons to volcanic erruptions and circumstances.The book gives an eye opener on managing ones world without grief knowing when to anchor and retreat and also knowing the various rocks strength in travels and ability to withstand abrasions or to be protected by Ice even as humans are liked to rocks .
LESSONS LEARNT FROM THE STORY READ
🏌️ Importance for a building to be in good shape through improvement and maintenance.
🏌️Tackling gneiss by pulling the boat to neutral.
BOOK REVIEWER OKOKO AYEZU TAMARAPREYE
SYNOPSIS
A poetic style historical fiction and story on anthropology and geology looking at the narrator ,Opal Ethelred Roger's life and some of the tales told her by her mother.It is a story on family life,sports,politics,world conflict,human rights, and race relations looking at the subject of climate change .The story uses rocks to describe humans and reiterates strategies for race runs,preparing the boat for the race,political survival in the midst of ozone depletion and emergence of new water bodies proffering boat travels for those that are usually by themselves and canoestravels for two cause it takes two to paddle while looking at the various response of various persons to volcanic erruptions and circumstances.The book gives an eye opener on managing ones world without grief knowing when to anchor and retreat and also knowing the various rocks strength in travels and ability to withstand abrasions or to be protected by Ice even as humans are liked to rocks .
LESSONS LEARNT FROM THE STORY READ
🏌️ Importance for a building to be in good shape through improvement and maintenance.
🏌️Tackling gneiss by pulling the boat to neutral.
May 28, 2026
A book of two halves... Interesting story. I wanted to keep reading to find out what happened to Red and her friends. The descriptive prose of the landscape was lovely, but the story was a bit lacking in the character development... I wanted to know so much more about the how and why of the characters. Some of the plot was really thinly developed.
The dialogue was often stilted and unrealistic. What 9 year and 6 year olds have such soliloquies? The same for the teenage protagonist. It was sometimes more lecturing and mansplaining than what someone could be imagined to be actually saying. Then it would swing to another extreme... trying to be brief, using "Canadian" slang. Oh, and easy with the "ehs", eh? !
One big error of research was quite off-putting to a native Canadian. The red and white maple leaf was not adopted until 1965, so having it painted on a boat as a patriotic symbol 10 years prior to this date is a BIG faux pas!
The dialogue was often stilted and unrealistic. What 9 year and 6 year olds have such soliloquies? The same for the teenage protagonist. It was sometimes more lecturing and mansplaining than what someone could be imagined to be actually saying. Then it would swing to another extreme... trying to be brief, using "Canadian" slang. Oh, and easy with the "ehs", eh? !
One big error of research was quite off-putting to a native Canadian. The red and white maple leaf was not adopted until 1965, so having it painted on a boat as a patriotic symbol 10 years prior to this date is a BIG faux pas!
December 28, 2022
I received a copy of this for free, to review for Booktasters.
When I began reading, my first impression was that this might be a sad story in some ways, but beautifully written. I would say that my first impression was correct, because it continued throughout.
The protagonist struck me as an intelligent character who interested me. From the start, I was interested in this character, and whatever they had to tell me as a reader, about themselves and the people they knew. My interest remained the same as I continued reading.
There were some parts of the story in particular that I found quite powerful to read - these were the Mother's Tales, An Esker For My Daughter, and Moraine. By the end, I felt connected to the protagonist, and felt the final few paragraphs were very thought-provoking.
Thank you to Booktasters and the author for a free copy to review.
When I began reading, my first impression was that this might be a sad story in some ways, but beautifully written. I would say that my first impression was correct, because it continued throughout.
The protagonist struck me as an intelligent character who interested me. From the start, I was interested in this character, and whatever they had to tell me as a reader, about themselves and the people they knew. My interest remained the same as I continued reading.
There were some parts of the story in particular that I found quite powerful to read - these were the Mother's Tales, An Esker For My Daughter, and Moraine. By the end, I felt connected to the protagonist, and felt the final few paragraphs were very thought-provoking.
Thank you to Booktasters and the author for a free copy to review.
April 19, 2022
I couldn't get the cover to change for my review and I really enjoyed the artist rendering of this cover! The story appealed to me as a coming of age and being available to change for these characters. The story is set in the 50's and I loved the thought of this small family unit trying to rebuild a lodge for people to vacation in Maine, different from the hoity toity people staying in the country club hotel across the lake. We vacation a lot in Maine so reading about the land and waters was wonderful and perfectly described .
January 3, 2023
Red loses her mother to suicide,her world turns unravels but doesn't end. When she moves to a different country for the Summer,her world is turned upside down,afterall she's a teenager. She meets and makes the best of friends in the most unlikely way with Walter and Isadore. Who would have thought that these three would be so tight,with so many adventures and misadventures as well.
It's a beautiful story,heart-warming,generous. Well articulated, very descriptive,made me see myself in those tiny islands in Canada.
It's a beautiful story,heart-warming,generous. Well articulated, very descriptive,made me see myself in those tiny islands in Canada.
March 26, 2023
This is an unusual and captivating book. I was drawn into the beauty of the setting amongst Georgian bay islands, and came to feel as if I knew and cared for the characters. The friendships that developed in the book were moving to me. The way Peter wove geology and the life of glaciers as metaphor for the lives of people was original and thought-provoking. Challenges of coming of age, disparate groups of people interacting, the victories of dedicated work, and delights of being in nature were themes. Halfway to Schist was an enjoyable and at times surprising read that I will not forget soon.
April 27, 2022
Halfway to Schmidt is one you'll not soon forget
What a wonderful book! Thought provoking and sensitive. I loved the Geology lessons and how they related to all the characters. Fine book.
What a wonderful book! Thought provoking and sensitive. I loved the Geology lessons and how they related to all the characters. Fine book.
May 28, 2022
Set in 1955, Georgian Bay, Ontario, told from the perspective of a lover of rocks. A coming of age story in the northern woods and lake wilderness. I could imagine myself being there, and appreciate the timeless connection to the land and space.
February 9, 2023
I really enjoyed this book and I love the characters and the only person I didn't like is the women from the hotel who treated Red bad she thought she was better then everyone. I wish the author the best
December 4, 2023
This book was well written and enjoyable to read.
A family adventure and a coming of age story that transported you to a bygone era.
I loved the geological perspective, interwoven into the story. One that was descriptive and advisable.
A family adventure and a coming of age story that transported you to a bygone era.
I loved the geological perspective, interwoven into the story. One that was descriptive and advisable.
January 16, 2023
It was a good book.
November 18, 2023
A great book, learnt more about geology, interesting character, setting and narratives. Very memorable.
August 21, 2024
I wasn't quite sure how to categorize this book. I saw someone had mentioned the loss of innocence, which seems accurate as does calling it a coming of age novel. There was a lot in this book - dealing with the loss of a loved one, moving to a new location, a bit of a mystery, challenging oneself, dealing with being a teenager, friendship in various manifestations. The book started slowly, so slowly that I thought I would never make it through it, but picked up and became hard to put down. The protagonist, Red, is a 15 year old girl who moves with her father to the family's rundown fishing lodge in Canada during the mid 1950s. She meets people and makes friends, takes a job as a nanny to a resort family, learns about fishing and boating, and witnesses the difference between being a "local" and being a "vacationer" in a resort area. Each chapter is prefaced by a short definition of parts of a glacier or a geologic factoid (as a former geology major I particularly enjoyed this). As the chapter builds, one sees the simile to life and the glacier and/or geology. The story is told as a flashback and at the end Red tells the rest of the story and what happens to each of the characters you meet in the tale. It is a melancholy story as these so often are, but yet satisfactory and realistic. Recommended.
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