Reading by lightning

By Joan Thomas

Subjects: Fathers and daughters, Working class, Immigrantes, World War, 1939-1945, Romans, nouvelles, Authors, Canadian (English), Women immigrants, Fiction, Bildungsromans, American literature, Fiction, short stories (single author)

Description: Lily Piper and her family live in an ephemeral world, due to collapse any moment when the Lord comes to pluck his faithful from the drought-ravaged Prairies. Lily tries to be ready, but she is restless, not the daughter she feels her mother wants.