Michael Crummey

Lisa Moore

Carmelita McGrath

Mary Dalton

Mark Callanan

Robin McGrath

Agnes Walsh

Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador

Riddle Fence

In Life on the Mista Shipu, Robin McGrath acts as a navigator, guiding locals and visitors alike around parts of Labrador--particularly the interior--that are too often missed. In doing so, she offers candid glimpses of human and natural history, of local colour and characters, and of the culture of the three founding peoples of modern Labrador. McGrath, a Newfoundland native, moved to Labrador in 2006, eager to learn, explore, and write in the Big Land. Over the next decade, she opened her ears and eyes to the people and places around her, and has written widely about her experiences.

Dispatches from Labrador

Life on the Mista Shipu

aoeMy father has married me to a mad old man.a These words, written on a slip of paper inside a fading brocade collar, are a clue to the unlikely marriage of a Jewish remittance man and a 14-year-old orphan in a remote Newfoundland fishing station. More curious still are the connections that entangle a retired schoolteacher and an Israeli scholar almost two centuries later. When the bereaved Rosehannah Quint and her mysterious aoemistera retreat into winter quarters at the back of Irelandas Eye, the two begin to develop an understanding based on curiosity as well as upon need a" an understanding that works its way down the years. The Winterhouse is a compelling novel about finding oneself and creating oneas own community.

A Novel

The Winterhouse

Robin McGrath

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