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Originally Posted by issybird
Thank you for the suggestions, which sound very appealing. Fortunately I'm not limited to only one Canadian book! I've got Ian Ferguson's Village of Small Houses on my TBR stack; have you read it? And I'm also rationing myself on Donald Jack, so I always have a treat when I need one.
As for Newfoundland, it wasn't even part of Canada until 1949? I think. When my father was in the US Coast Guard in the mid-50s, his ship had a home berth in Placentia (They did ice berg spotting.) I wish he were still here so I could ask him about it.
I think I've only read one book set in Newfoundland, Come from Away by Dennis MacFarlane, which I loved.
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I haven't read Village of Small Houses. I am sadly under-read when it comes to my own country (thoughts begin to stir on a challenge for next year).
1949 is correct. I lived in Newfoundland for three years. An unbelievable experience. I really enjoyed Annie Proulx's
The Shipping News and Edward Riche's
Rare Birds which both became movies. Both are a little less historical and more fictiony with the area figuring prominently into the story.