New Girl in Little Cove

April 15, 2021
When Rachel saw that a Catholic school in Newfoundland was hiring a French teacher, she jumped at the chance to leave Toronto. Fresh off a bad breakup and still mourning her father's recent death, she thought a change of scenery might help put things in perspective. But Little Cove is much more than a change of scenery, it's an outright culture shock. The people of Little Cove are insular and prone to gossip, with a dialect all their own and a strong distaste for "mainlanders." After embarrassing herself and redeeming herself more than a few times while proving she values the town's culture as much as its inhabitants, Rachel's surprised to find herself comfortable with small-town life. But is her impulsive move worth a permanent change? Monaghan paints a full picture of a mysterious little town, giving supporting characters compelling backstories without resorting to caricature. Fans of Richard Russo's That Old Cape Magic, Emily St. John Mandel's The Glass Hotel, and Patricia Harman's The Runaway Midwife will enjoy Rachel's fish-out-of-water journey to acceptance and understanding.

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