![]() ![]() Berit is unable to conceive, and the lake anchors her isolated life, testing the limits of her endurance and spirit. In 1902, Berit and Gunnar, a Norwegian fishing couple, also live on the lake. ![]() ![]() As she and her family confront the hardship of living near the “big water,” her psyche and her world edge toward irreversible change. In 1622, Grey Rabbit-an Ojibwe woman, a mother and wife-struggles to understand a dream-life that has taken on fearful dimensions. The Long-Shining Waters gives us three stories whose characters are separated by centuries and circumstance, yet connected across time by a shared geography. Lake Superior, the north country, the great fresh-water expanse. ![]()
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