Rankin Inlet

By Mara Feeney

Book Overview

This is a novel about culture shock, love, loss, identify, belonging, the Inuit people, and the birth of the Nunavut Territory in Arctic Canada. The setting is a small Inuit community on the west coast of Hudson Bay in the early 1970s. The story is told from the perspectives of multiple individuals speaking of their own experiences. These include an elderly Inuit hunter, his son who is adjusting to many cultural changes, and a nurse-midwife newly arrived from England to provide medical care in a community where all is new to her. As the story unfolds, these lives become interconnected.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0981931952
• ISBN13: 9780981931951
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Gaby Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Story of a people and culture that was very unknown to me

The author writes in a style that captures you interest, mind and heart almost immediately. The story is based on her personal experiences, but weaves a solid picture of the Inuit community over almost 30 years. The changes in values of the different generations is timeless and really paints a wonderful picture. This is a rich story of a people and their traditions, but, seen from many perspectives without critique, allowing the reader to create their own impressions of a world and people that I had never read about.