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A review by lyndseyreader
The Outlander by Gil Adamson
4.0
This is the perfect engrossing winter read. It's the story of a widow (widowed by her own hand) desperately escaping her pursuers through the Canadian wilderness. Set in 1903 this novel has interesting characters and beautiful description. It's no surprise that Gil Adamson is also a poet. It shows in her lyrical writing style.
This is one of my favorite passages:
"She recalled her mother only in glimpses: the long, slim fingers, the brow white and unmarked despite the woe it hid, white nightgown after white nightgown, medicine vials and a porcelain bowl, a closed door, silence in the house, a glimpse of blue-veined feet dangling above the floor, weak sighs and hanging head. It seemed that this was all her mother was or ever had been. Perhaps, long ago, she had risen from the bed occasionally or walked slowly in the garden. In an unimaginable past, the woman must have been strong enough to have a baby. But everything is remembered by its moment of intensity. Dying was hers. (96)
This is one of my favorite passages:
"She recalled her mother only in glimpses: the long, slim fingers, the brow white and unmarked despite the woe it hid, white nightgown after white nightgown, medicine vials and a porcelain bowl, a closed door, silence in the house, a glimpse of blue-veined feet dangling above the floor, weak sighs and hanging head. It seemed that this was all her mother was or ever had been. Perhaps, long ago, she had risen from the bed occasionally or walked slowly in the garden. In an unimaginable past, the woman must have been strong enough to have a baby. But everything is remembered by its moment of intensity. Dying was hers. (96)