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Doyle, Brian

Mary Ann Alice

168 pp. | Groundwood | April, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-88899-453-2 $$15.95
(1) 4-6 Told in the idiosyncratic voice of young would-be poet Mary Ann Alice McCrank, this is the story of a town faced with the coming of the government dam that will subdue their river and submerge their land. The Quebec setting is beautifully evoked; familiar characters are larger-than-life; plot is discernible but hardly a driving force. Doyle negotiates this novel as one would a changeable river, shifting pace and focus and tone with unerring control.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2002

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