An audience of chairs : a novel

Summary: From the author of the Latitudes of Melt comes the story of Moranna MacKenzie, a woman who lives alone in a Cape Breton farmhouse, fighting the ups and downs of a mental illness and still grieving the loss of her two daughters who were taken from her over thirty years previously. Although Moranna is known in the community as "Mad Mory," she arranges her life carefully to keep herself on an even keel. She plays complicated concerti on a piano board, bakes bread, and craves wooden replicas of her Scottish ancestors to sell to summer tourist. When he's not working the ferries between Cape Breton and Newfoundland, Moranna's lover, Bun, lives with her. These two aging misfits ask only to be left alone to live as they choose. But when Moranna learns that one of her long-lost daughters is to be married in Halifax, she is determined to attend. Her other daughter will likely be in attendance as well. Will either of them recognize her? Will they be happy to see her? And will Moranna stay sane enough not to cause a scene? --[Book Jacket].