Independent Publisher Book Awards In the 1920s, Jim, Bert and Rose Evans all move from Newfoundland to Brooklyn, New York, in search of work and a better life, leaving their sister Annie back home in St.
John\'s with her husband and two children, and teaches English, writing, and social studies to adult learners at The Murphy Centre..
She lives in St.
Her previous works of historical fiction include The Violent Friendship of Esther Johnson, Deborah and Barak, and Esther: A Story of Courage.
About the Author: Trudy Morgan-Cole is a writer and teacher.
By the Rivers of Brooklyn transforms into fiction the experience of the 75, 000 first- and second-generation Newfoundlanders who once lived in Brooklyn, New York - and the experience of Newfoundlanders throughout history who have gone away to find work and prosperity but never stopped dreaming of home.
By the Rivers of Brooklyn traces the story of the Evans family across two countries and three generations, exploring the hopes, passions and heartbreaks of those who went away and those who stayed behind.
John\'s.
Independent Publisher Book Awards In the 1920s, Jim, Bert and Rose Evans all move from Newfoundland to Brooklyn, New York, in search of work and a better life, leaving their sister Annie back home in St
