The Deception of Livvy Higgs

Toronto, ON: Penguin Canada, 2013. Soft cover. Near Fine. SIGNED BY DONNA MORRISSEY on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; Halifax 2009. Over two traumatic days, Livvy Higgs is besieged by a series of small heart attacks. The ghost of her younger self leads her back to the French Shore of Newfoundland during the mid-thirties heyday of the Maritime shipping industry, through wartorn Halifax during the Battle of the Atlantic, and back to the present day. Caught between a troubled past and her tenuous circumstances, Livvy is forced to pick apart the untruths told by her greedy, prideful father and her formidable grandmother, knowing that the past and the present are inextricably entwined. And as the secrets start to unravel, she will finally find the redemption, forgiveness, and peace that only the truth can bring.