Tip of the Iceberg Author:Larry O'Connor In this melancholy memoir O'Connor mingles his childhood experiences growing up in a small town in central Canada with the myths and legends of the far north. Both are suffused with a strange silence. The extreme solitude of his childhood is imposed upon the family by his stern father who spends his time as a traveling salesman and, in the winte... more »r, his evenings alone in the backyard flooding a skating rink. Watching his father from the window, O'Connor "was waiting for a wink, a sidelong glance, a doff of the fedora, anything. But it didn't happen. He didn't once look up from the ice." The silence masks an extraordinary family secret that serves as a suspenseful backdrop to the quiet life of this boy and extends well into adulthood when he finally uncovers the secret.« less