After the devastating tidal wave of 1929, followed by the onset of a world-wide Great Depression, the hopes of the town of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, rest on the future of a fluorspar mine. Donald Poynter is hired to oversee the operation, and he travels with his new bride, Urla, from a bustling life in New Jersey to the small, struggling outport community. Based on a true story, Dancing in a Jar elaborates the real-life love affair of a young couple committed to one another and to their new surroundings. As her narrative unfolds in a series of letters and correspondences, Adele Poynter weaves a remarkable romantic tale through the life of a small mining town--capturing the sorrow and joyousness, the hardship and perseverance--to ultimately reveal how the loves of our lives are inherently united with our love of a landscape and its people.
After the devastating tidal wave of 1929, followed by the onset of a world-wide Great Depression, the hopes of the town of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, rest on the future of a fluorspar mine. Donald Poynter is hired to oversee the operation, and he travels with his new bride, Urla, from a bustling life in New Jersey to the small, struggling outport community. Based on a true story, Dancing in a Jar elaborates the real-life love affair of a young couple committed to one another and to their new surroundings. As her narrative unfolds in a series of letters and correspondences, Adele Poynter weaves a remarkable romantic tale through the life of a small mining town--capturing the sorrow and joyousness, the hardship and perseverance--to ultimately reveal how the loves of our lives are inherently united with our love of a landscape and its people.
Adele Poynter was born and raised in Newfoundland but also has strong American family ties. After living in other countries, she returned to Newfoundland in the mid 80's where she has worked as a geologist and an economist. This is her first novel.
"Dancing in a Jar illuminates the urgent love, family connections,
and power struggles in a small Newfoundland mining town aching
under the strain of difficult times. With spare and yet somehow
lush writing, Poynter peels back layers of history to find an
enduring love story, carefully rendered and intimately felt."
-Lisa Moore
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