By some miracle, they survive the rest of the Winter until THE HOPE, the supply vessel that stocked the family every spring and fall, arrives. They are left to fend for themselves on a coastal plot of land called “Orphan’s Cove” near Newfoundland.
Their parents and little sister dying in short order, during a harsh winter, to some unnamed illness. The Innocents tells the story of Ada and Evered, two young children orphaned when they were nine and eleven respectively. It’s possible that this is the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon happening in real time, in that I have been thinking about characterization for the last month, but this is a novel built entirely on the power of two characters. What I do know is that it has been shortlisted for Canada’s prestigious 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize-an award that comes with a small monetary gift of $100,000. I have absolutely no idea how I came across Michael Crummey’s “The Innocents,” but I am glad it appeared to me through the void, on my kindle, ready to read.
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