Love and Salt Water (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Ethel Davis Bryant
- First Published: 1956
- Type of Work: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1930-1950
- Setting: British Columbia, at sea, and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Principal Characters: Ellen (Gypsy) Cuppy , Nora, Frank Cuppy, Morgan Peake, Johnny, George Gordon
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Voyages, Love or romance, Marriage, 1940’s, World War II, Friendship, 1930’s, Accidents, Canada or Canadians, Ships, Adventure, Loneliness, Water, Navies
- Locales: Canada, Oceans, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan, Canada
The Novel
Ellen “Gypsy” Cuppy is devastated by the death of her loving mother, on whom she has greatly depended. Her older sister, Nora, is married, and her father is mostly away from home, traveling in connection with an oil business. To console Ellen, her father takes her on a long freighter voyage, down the West Coast, through the Panama Canal, and to London.
The voyage is momentous, first, because the sea, usually so calm and charming in Vancouver, becomes a raging monster in a storm; a boy member of the crew is swept overboard and lost, and several members of...
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