224 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781782396246
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Portland, Maine, 1910. An assembly gathers to listen to a fundraising lecture by the esteemed medical missionary Doctor Wilfred Grenfell. Grenfell has been working for eighteen years with trappers, fishermen, and their families on Newfoundland's G...
Community Reviews Summary of 143 reviews
Moods
reflective 64%
emotional 47%
sad 47%
challenging 41%
mysterious 29%
tense 17%
informative 11%
hopeful 5%
Pace
slow 40%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 73% | A mix: 26%Strong character development?
Yes: 47% | No: 29% | It's complicated: 23%Loveable characters?
No: 52% | It's complicated: 42% | Yes: 5%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 82% | No: 11% | It's complicated: 5%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 83% | It's complicated: 16%Average rating
224 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781782396246
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Portland, Maine, 1910. An assembly gathers to listen to a fundraising lecture by the esteemed medical missionary Doctor Wilfred Grenfell. Grenfell has been working for eighteen years with trappers, fishermen, and their families on Newfoundland's G...
Community Reviews Summary of 143 reviews
Moods
reflective 64%
emotional 47%
sad 47%
challenging 41%
mysterious 29%
tense 17%
informative 11%
hopeful 5%
Pace
slow 40%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 73% | A mix: 26%Strong character development?
Yes: 47% | No: 29% | It's complicated: 23%Loveable characters?
No: 52% | It's complicated: 42% | Yes: 5%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 82% | No: 11% | It's complicated: 5%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 83% | It's complicated: 16%Average rating