G494 Book Review of Seldom Come By by Sherryl Caulfield
Name of Book: Seldom Come By Author: Sherryl Caulfield ISBN: 978-0-9923759-1-1 Publisher: self published? Type of book: icebergs, Canada, 1914-1940s, medicine, WWI, love triangle, nature, harsh environment, death, adoption, biblical references Year it was published: 2013 Summary: Two years after the sinking of the Titanic, fifteen year-old Rebeca Crowe’s fascination with icebergs leads her to save a shipwrecked survivor, Samuel Dalton, the nineteen-year old son of a Toronto medical family. Love sparks in the crystal cave of an iceberg but is thwarted by an unreasonable father and the Great War that drags Samuel and his brother, Matthew, to the Western Front as medical officers. Knowing Rebecca is home safe in Newfoundland brings Samuel great comfort. But as the war moves towards its final harrowing days, they both discover that tragedy and terror can strike anywhere, setting their love on an unforeseen path. Only when Samuel and Rebecca can fully come to terms...