- Hardcover: 215 pages
- Publisher: Dc_books; 1st ed edition (2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0919688802
- ISBN-13: 978-0919688803
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.4 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 372 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,819,269 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Newfoundland-born Montrealer Dana Bath's first novel, Plenty of Harm in God, moves through the lives of various women, starting with a young and pregnant Molly Greening, abandoned in a boarding school after her parents' death and her older sister's marriage. In an internal monologue to her daughter Clare, Molly tells her of her immaculate conception (while suggesting that Clare's father may not be God after all, but rather a former priest) and Molly's subsequent escape from the school to raise Clare on her own. The narration then moves to Clare, 20 years old and pregnant herself, making a return visit to Inis Oirr, Ireland, from her native Newfoundland. She has come back to fulfill a grim pact made five years before with her cousin Gillian, only to discover upon arrival that her Aunt Rosary has been put in a home and Gillian isn't interested in her or the pact they made. Returning to Inis Oirr also forces her to relive the details of her mother's death there years before. Plenty of Harm in God is beautifully written in a musical language, as Bath's women attempt to find themselves, often despite themselves, and grasp some sense of sanity through it all. --Rob McLennan
Review
"Bath's tale ... moves back and forth like little waves 'sweet as the surface of tea in a storm.' " -- - Gail Scott
"Bath's writing is confident, plain, and breezy, with just enough forays into poetry to feel Irish." -- - Montreal Review of Books, Fall & Winter 2001-02, p. 10
"Slightly off mainstream, something of a surprise, an undeniably clear voice that exposes a new look at the [Newfoundland] landscape." -- - Atlantic Books Today, Winter 2001, p. 7 --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
"Bath's writing is confident, plain, and breezy, with just enough forays into poetry to feel Irish." -- - Montreal Review of Books, Fall & Winter 2001-02, p. 10
"Slightly off mainstream, something of a surprise, an undeniably clear voice that exposes a new look at the [Newfoundland] landscape." -- - Atlantic Books Today, Winter 2001, p. 7 --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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