Publication

2013-02-13 - Bibliotheque Quebecoise

Word Count

49,250 words, Guess

Page Count

197 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-102894063377
  • ISBN-139782894063378
  • Open LibraryOL43709828M

Classifications

  • DDCC843/.54
  • LCCPS9587.A38 H47 2000

Description

An abandoned mine. A large family driven by honour. And a source of pain, buried deep in the ground. "We're nothing like other families. We are self-made. We are an essence unto ourselves, unique and dissonant, the only members of our species. Livers of humdrum lives who flitted around us got their wings burned. We're not mean, but we can bare our teeth. People didn't hang around when a band of Cardinals made its presence known. With twenty-one kids, the Cardinal family is a force of nature. And now, after not being in the same room for decades, they're congregating to celebrate their father, a prospector who discovered the zinc mine their now-deserted hometown in northern Quebec was built around. But as the siblings tell the tales of their feral childhood, we discover that Angèle, the only Cardinal with a penchant for happiness, has gone missing - although everyone has pretended not to notice for years. Why the silence? What secrets does the mine hold?" --

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Les Héritiers de la MineBibliotheque Quebecoise2013-02-13

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