Loved itI just love this book and the themes it deals with about like the way in which different people handle situations and the way in which both of those options can be wrong but also right
Crow Lake (2002)
Others: Positive In the rural farm country of northern Ontario, the lives of two families--the farming Pye family, and zoologist Kate Morrison and her three brothers--are brought together and torn apart by misunderstanding, resentment, family love, and tragedy.
- ISBN:
- 9780770430108
- Length:
- 295 pages
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