Hunting Down Home

by Jean McNeil

Morag lives with her grandparents on a remote farm in Nova Scotia where she sees her mother only in slides sent from Africa, and as Morag realizes the violent bonds that hold her grandparents together, she must inevitably choose between them

Genres: Canada

200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Jean McNeil is the author of ten books including four novels and a collection of short fiction. Her work has been short-listed for the Governor General’s Award for Fiction, the Journey Prize, and she has won the Prism International prize for short fiction and subsequently for narrative non-fiction. She is the co-director of the Masters in Prose Fiction at the University of East Anglia and lives in London, England.

Reviews

[Peg · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book is a first by this author. " ...a compelling story of an unusual family and their last year together. moral lives with her grandparents on a remote farm in Nova Scotia. She sees her mother only in slides sent from Africa. Morag's perception of the violence of her grandfather leads her to have to choose between the two of them"

[Lenore · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book because of the nuances of down home Cape Breton that were woven within the story. The story itself was good but was buried deep and, at times, it was hard to fathom what was going on. The author seemed to hint at the story instead of telling it outright.