Margaret Lawrence

In 1786, in a small town in Maine, two murders and a rape revive the simmering hates between revolutionaries and loyalists, born of the War of Independence. The story is told against the background of everyday life in those days and the power of village gossip. A first novel.

"The air is cold, the nights are long, and Halloween is just around the corner. This is the time of year when pumpkins fly! In the remote, fly-in community of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, the last cargo flight of October brings some strange orange guests for the children. Seeing a pumpkin for the first time, the local kids eagerly carve and light their first jack-o-lantern. But when everyone adjourns to the community hall for the Halloween dance, the pumpkin...