Title: Reading by lightning
Description: Lily Piper and her family live in an ephemeral world, due to collapse any moment when the Lord comes to pluck his faithful from the drought-ravaged Prairies. Lily tries to be ready, but she is restless, not the daughter she feels her mother wants.
Subjects: Fathers and daughters, Working class, World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, Romans, nouvelles, Women immigrants, Immigrantes, Fiction, short stories (single author), American literature, Bildungsromans, Authors, Canadian (English)