Catching the Light

Susan Sinnott

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ISBN: 9781771085960

Catching the Light

  Author:   Susan Sinnott    
  Publisher:  Nimbus Publishing

This was the line between here and there. No landwash, no vague intertidal zone, no undecided. She stood at the edge, a mass of instincts and yearnings and despair, while the dawn painted itself in around her, shade by delicate shade.

The kids call her Lighthouse: no lights on up there. In a small town, everyone knows when you can’t read. But Cathy is just distracted by the light, lines, and artistry of everyday life. She is a talented artist growing up in tiny Mariners Cove and yearns for acceptance. She dreams of enrolling in art school, but getting there will be a struggle. Hutch Parsons is everything Cathy is not: charismatic, popular, smart. Overflowing with energy, he is confident in his plans for the future. But one icy evening his world is upended and those plans are swept away.

Dancing between points of view, Catching the Light explores the ordinary lives of two extraordinary people. With gorgeously lyrical language and a strong sense of place, this tender novel announces a bright new voice in Atlantic fiction. Winner of the 2014 Percy Janes First Novel Award for an unpublished manuscript.

Details and Specs
ISBN associated with this title: 9781771085960
Item NB1282
PublisherNimbus Publishing
PublisherNimbus Publishing
Published on April 26 2018
Language eng
Pages 280
Format Paperback
Dimensions8.25(in) x 5.5(in)
Shipping weight352(g)
Status ACTIVE TITLE
Susan Sinnott was born in the UK and now lives in St. John's, Newfoundland. She was awarded the Percy Janes First Novel Award for her then-unpublished manuscript, "Just Like Always," (Catching the Light) and an excerpt was adapted for inclusion in Racket, an anthology of short fiction by the Port Authority writing group, edited by Lisa Moore. Susan has also contributed to the Newfoundland Quarterly Online.

Award Winners & Nominees


Ann Connor Brimer Book Award for Atlantic Canadian Children's Literature

Shortlisted Ontario Library Association White Pine Award


Shortlisted John and Margaret Savage First Book Award