Saints of Big Harbour
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Saints of Big Harbour is a novel by Lynn Coady, published in 2002 by Doubleday Canada. It was Coady's first novel to be published in the United States.
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In Saints of Big Harbour, Coady portrays a small community in Nova Scotia. From his own perspective the main character, Guy Boucher, a fatherless teenager, tells the stories of those who surround him: his alcoholic uncle Isadore, a quietly wise girl named Pam, his draft-dodger English teacher and a group of boys stuck in emotional adolescence. While the story unfolds it becomes clear that Guy lives in a community strongly driven by clichés such as gender, beauty, strength, family and love.
