ISBN: 9780812415865
Release Date: 01 Jan 1980
Average rating: (read by 5 members)

Categories: General & literary fiction , Classic fiction

A young minister who has two years to live learns about the meaning of life when he is sent to an Indian parish in British Columbia.

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RebeccaAlimena
Rated it 6 months ago
Beautifully written and moving. This book takes you into a culture I didn't know.

BrianneH
Rated it 6 months ago
The best thing about this story is its subtlety. Dialogue, characters, events...each is drawn with an eye to leaving us wanting more rather than overexplaining, overtelling, overshowing. A beautiful story.

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Rated it 3 months ago

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