Ebook {Epub PDF} Across the Great Lake by Lee Zacharias

I am from the Northeast, unfamiliar with the rugged nature and beauty of the Great Lakes. Lee Zacharias has written a mesmerizing story that alternates point of view from that of a five year-old child transported across the lake on one of the great ships and from that Reviews:  · Perhaps the most astonishing thing about Lee Zacharias’s Across the Great Lake, is her assertion that “There is not one autobiographical detail in this novel,” because it reads like a powerful memoir imbued with exceptional literary art. Told alternately from the points of view of 5-year old Fern Halverson and the year-old woman she will become, this story centers on a s harsh winter /5. Across the Great Lake [Lee Zacharias]. In the brutally cold winter of , as his wife lies dying, Henrik Halvorsen takes their daughter with him on a perilous journey. Captain of the coal-fired Manitou, he is charged with transporting railroad cars.

Across the Great Lake by Lee Zaharias. Across the Great Lake introduces Fern, a five-year-old girl on a winter voyage across Lake Michigan on a railroad car ferry in While her mother lies at home in bed after the death of her second child during childbirth, Fern's father, the ship's captain, takes her on the ship despite the risks of. Fall Book Discussion Series-"Made in Michigan: Great Lakes Stories" We'll be discussing Lee Zacharias's Across the Great Lake*. *Please note: We will be meeting virtually via Zoom for this discussion. A link will be provided via email at a future date. Lee Zacharias was born in Chicago. A graduate of Indiana University, Hollins College, and the University of Arkansas, she has taught at Princeton University and the University of North Carolina Greensboro, where for a decade she edited The Greensboro Review. Across the Great Lake . by Lee Zacharias.

Lee Zacharias: Across the Great Lake. Lee Zacharias will be speaking about her new book Across the Great Lake: "It was a huge and powerful ship with a tall, handsome pilothouse and big smoking stacks, no place for a girl, though I loved it, I cannot tell you how much I loved it." In her eighty-fifth year, Fern Halvorson tells the story of a childhood journey across Lake Michigan and the secret she has kept since that ill-fated voyage. Lee Zacharias is a master storyteller, building piece by piece, as the protagonist, Fern, moves with her father across the frozen lake and inward as an old woman to the deep and silent secret of her life, held like a bewitched jewel at the bottom of the lake. Lee Zacharias writes novels and creative nonfiction. She is the author of At Random, Lessons, The Only Sounds We Make, and Helping Muriel Make It Through the Night.