"Get dis shack cleaned up!"  Mommy yelled "De mission boat's comin."
I was six and didn't know how to clean up yet.  Clean up what?  I glanced out the window and saw a large schooner coming around the point.  The fancy hospital ship was carrying Dr. Charles Curtis.  Suddenly, Spotted Island was alive with activity.  People milled about in a frenzy, tidying up for the doctor.  Mommy shouted at us to wash our faces.
"Racing to the porch washstand, I scooped cold water from the barrel into the basin, then took the corner of the already filthy towel from its nail and rubbed it over my face.  It was cold and there was no soap, but I did the best I could and placed the towel back on the nail.
"Whass de doctor comin fer, Mommy?" Marcie asked.
"Donno, maid, he jus coms."

~ Excerpt from So Few on Earth. Dundurn Press, 2010.

Author Josie Penny explains that most people say that they have never met anyone from Labrador.  "That's because there are so few of us on earth," she says. Josie lives with her husband in Dunnville.

Josie Penny will be in the bookshop

Thursday, May 16, 1:00 p.m.

"Everyone Welcome"

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