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The Town That Drowned
- Narrated by: Patricia Ross
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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The Town That Drowned
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Publisher's Summary
Living with an eccentric little brother can be tough. Falling through the ice at a skating party and nearly drowning are grounds for embarrassment. But having a vision and narrating it to assembled onlookers? That solidifies your status as an outcast.
What Ruby Carson saw during that fateful day was her entire town—buildings and people—floating underwater. Then an orange-tipped surveyor stake turns up in a farmer’s field. Soon everyone discovers that a massive hydroelectric dam is being constructed and their homes will eventually be swallowed by rising water. Suspicions mount, tempers flare, and long-simmering secrets are revealed.
Set in the 1960s, The Town That Drowned evokes the awkwardness of childhood, the thrill of first love, and the importance of having a place to call home. Deftly written in a deceptively unassuming style, Nason’s keen insights into human nature and the depth of human attachment to place make this novel ripple in an amber tension of light and shadow.
What the critics say
“[A] captivating debut novel … many flashes of clever humour and felicitous, well-paced storytelling that keeps you engaged throughout.” — National Post
“Charming, wry, and believable … Nason has a particular gift for introducing supporting characters with memorable anecdotes, each of which reads like a sparkling little gem of a short story … Ruby’s voice, vibrating with contradictory desires, [delivers] shot-to-the-heart moments of real humour and pathos.” — Quill & Quire
“Riel Nason’s debut novel establishes her as a writer with a bright future … Nason’s writing is warm and empathetic. She has a lovely ear for dialogue and her townspeople are well drawn. She also does a terrific job capturing the feel of a 1960s rural New Brunswick.” — Chronicle-Herald