Latitudes of Melt Author:Joan Clark This bountiful, magical novel opens when two fishermen discover a baby floating on an ice pan in the North Atlantic in 1912. Named Aurora, the baby grows up in the Drook, a small fishing outport in Newfoundland where she is regarded as mysterious and enchanted, a free spirit who does not quite belong. Who is the 'real' Aurora and where did she c... more »ome from?
In this gorgeously spun novel, the unraveling of Aurora's origins involves sea crossings, connects continents, and spans decades, laying down layers filled with shipwrecks, icebergs and fairies. An exploration of love and loss, Latitudes of Melt is an unforgettable evocation of Newfoundland's southern shore that combines the thrill of an altogethr original story with remarkable writerly skill and power.« less