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Forced to flee England, the Andrews family books passage to a fresh start in a distant country, only to discover a barren, inhospitable land at the end of their crossing. To seventeen-year-old Lavinia, uprooted from everything familiar, it seems a fate worse than the one they left behind. Driven by loneliness she begins a journal. Random Passage satisfies the craving for those details that headstones and history books can never give: the real story of our Newfoundland ancestors, of how time and chance brought them to the forbidding shores of a new found land. It is a saga of families and of individuals; of acquisitive Mary Bundle; of charming Ned Andrews, whose thievery has turned his family into exiles; of mad Ida; of Thomas Hutchings, who might be an aristocrat, a holy man, or a murderer; and of Lavinia - who wrote down the truth and lies about them all. Random Passage has been adapted into a CBC miniseries and is now a national bestseller.
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Internationally acclaimed novel, Random Passage, by award winning author Bernice Morgan has been made into an 8-part television mini-series to air on CBC Television, January 27, 2002. "Random Passage is windswept tale of endurance and of passion. It's the epic story of Irishwoman Mary Bundle's perilous odyssey from a harsh English workhouse to the remote Newfoundland outport of Cape Random-a struggling settlement forced to be a community through the sheer will to survive".
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulous read!!!!!,
By W Nield (Niagara Falls, Ontario) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Random Passage (Paperback)
Author Bernice Morgan was unknown to me, until I found this book.I was so impressed with her writing, I have now ordered 3 more of her books. It's one of those books, that you hate to put down until you're finished!!!! About a year ago, I decided to start reading the history of Newfoundland, as my mom was a Newfie (!) and I realized I knew little of her background and upbringing on the west coast of Newfoundland. I actually new nothing of the discovery of Newfoundland. So, this book fit in nicely with the other reading I am doing. Highly recommend this book .. enjoy the read. wnield@cogeco.ca
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Random Passage,
By Francine Noiseux (Elliot Lake, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Random Passage (Paperback)
I truly enjoyed this book. The author has woven the history of Newfound Land in a story rich with authentic and passionate characters. Bernice Morgan has a way of bringing the characters alive, so that I could not put the book down once I started it. This story is a testament to the endurance of human nature, but also to our capacity to love and to marvel at the world around us. I am ordering the sequel, and once I've read it, I am going to look for the videos. I also want to read more books by this author.Sincerely, Francine Noiseux
5.0 out of 5 stars
A+++++++ Loved this book!!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Random Passage (Paperback)
Random Passage is an amazing book. I enjoyed it so much I went out and bought the movie. Not only did I lose myself in this book, but was totally captivated by the characters and their sense of struggle.
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