By Robertson Davis
I grew up in Ontario and get back to it regularly, A high school friend of mine described this book as the most Ontario book ever.
I agree. The village where the book begins could be the village where I grew up, with too many churches, disrespect between their members, the gravel pit where all the parties happened, and the children who had no exceptional future unless they left for the big cities.
The book is very readable and enjoyable. There are other books in the series. I'll go through them all.
Some other things for me to take away...
Even though the book was published in the early 70's, The author makes jokes about yet another business-man turned politician who runs on the platform of bringing sound business principles to government, yet finds once he's elected, that that is not the way a government can be run.
There is also the mention of that low-level insecurity in the back of many Canadian heads, that they are not good enough, that they don't compare well to other citizens and other countries.
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