The Glace Bay Miners' Museum: The novel

by Sheldon Currie

Raised in Reserve Mines, Sheldon Currie teaches literature and writing at Saint Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. His books include 'The Story so Far'. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1895415055
• ISBN13: 9781895415056
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Breton Books
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

A One-Sitting Wonder

Sheldon Currie has nailed this book, this character, the essense of the highs and lows of life, and the pain of love, and of loss. I read this book in one sitting. I couldn't put it down. By the end you'll be one with the characters, and the setting will be a place you know, or have known, all to well in your own life. The movie, Margaret's Museum, is also great, and definetely a buyer. If you've ever wanted a book to fill that little space you have in your schedule, the bigger place you have in your heart, this is your book.

A brilliant Canadian novel

The main character of this novel, Margaret MacNeil, is an absolutely stunning character. Currie makes it very clear throughout this novel the importance of family to Margaret. Although,living in the Reserve Mines, where you have no choice but to make a living as a miner, presents a difficult environment for Margaret to cope with. The end of this novel, although quite disturbing, is very compelling. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel by Sheldon Currie.

Even better than the movie

This excellent, vividly written novel became the movie "Margaret's Museum" (with Helena Bonham Carter). Its twisty plot is both a complete surprise, and somehow inevitable. I fell in love with the blunt, vulnerable Margaret, who tells the story. I'd recommend this book to anybody.