CANADIAN AUTHOR
It is the summer of 1959, and in a prairie town in Saskatchewan, Alec Monkman waits for his estranged daughter to come home, with the grandson he has never seen. But this is an uneasy reunion. Fiercely independent, Vera has been on her own since running away at nineteen – first to the army, and then to Toronto. Now, for the sake of her young son, she must swallow her pride and return home after seventeen years. As the story gradually unfolds, the past confronts the present in unexpected ways as the silence surrounding Vera’s brother is finally shattered and the truth behind Vera’s long absence revealed. With its tenderness, humour, and vivid evocation of character and place, Homesick confirms Guy Vanderhaeghe’s reputation as one of Canada’s most engaging and accomplished storytellers.

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I finally took this Canadian novel off my TBR Mountain Range last week and I was hooked on the story. I was reading past my bedtime every night, when I got home from work and a couple mornings I was almost late for work because I couldn't stop reading. It was a case of “Just one more page, or just to the end of the chapter.” It was well worth reading!!
Planning to pass this book to someone at Bishop McNally on Monday before the Christmas break.