Beatrice MacNeil
Autor von Where White Horses Gallop
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- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- Canada
- Geburtsort
- Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Wohnorte
- East Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Berufe
- novelist
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- BEATRICE MACNEIL was born in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, of Scottish and Acadian descent. She is the author of the novels WHERE WHITE HORSES GALLOP (longlisted for the International Dublin IMPAC Award in 2009), BUTTERFLIES DANCE IN THE DARK, and THE MOONLIGHT SKATER---all winners of the Dartmouth Book Award—as well as the children’s book THERE’S A MOUSE IN THE HOUSE OF MISS CROUSE. She now lives in East Bay on the Island with her son Greg and cat ABBA.
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Willow and Graham have been in love for years. Inseparable. But he leaves her at the altar, running away after the previous night's rehearsal. I found the premise and motivations a little too simplistic to be believes. Graham leaves because of an easily disproved fake allegation, then accepts a ten-year financial obligation that somehow cannot be terminated. Willow, for some unexplained reason, tries to kill her friend and employer but, coincidentally, someone else does the job first. I felt for Willow's many disappointments but overall, the book was a bit tedious.
p.s. I read Where the White Horses Gallop by the same writer and loved it.… (mehr)