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Jack Hodgins Broken Ground
"McClelland&Stewart, Inc" 1998 0771041845 / 9780771041846 Unbound Like New
"Hardcover with dust jacket, Like New (Near Fine), clean, tight, unmarked, Dust Jacket Like New (Near Fine) some light cover edge wear,() The northern reaches of Vancouver Island might seem like an incongruous setting for a novel about the First World War--after all, the area was all but unsettled before 1918. As troops were demobilized, however, the Canadian government showed its gratitude for their sacrifices by offering discharged soldiers farmland in this remote and decidedly uncultivatable land. Jack Hodgins recreates one of these settlements as the fictional Portuguese Creek in his B.C. Book Prize-winning novel Broken Ground. The story opens with young Charlie MacIntosh sitting in the attic of his family's slipshod farmhouse, rolling a clover-and-newspaper cigarette and watching a stranger ride into town. The rider proves to be one Wyatt Taylor, a discharged explosives expert, who has crossed the country in search of his former fiancée, Nora Macken. Both Charlie and Taylor s ID: mon0000054229"
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Jack Hodgins Broken Ground
Emblem Editions 1999 0771041837 / 9780771041839 Paperback New
"'() Broken Ground is a riveting exploration of the dark, brooding presence of the First World War in the lives of the inhabitants of a ''soldier’s settlement'' on Vancouver Island. From out of a stubborn, desolate landscape studded with tree stumps, the settlers of Portuguese Creek have built a new life for themselves. But when an encroaching forest fire threatens this fledgling settlement, it also intensifies the remembered horrors of war. The story of Portuguese Creek is told by several of its citizens, including a boy trying to recover from the sudden loss of his father, and a former teacher haunted by what happened to the soldiers he led in France. With a memorable cast of characters, and by turns heart-rending and tragic, humorous and humane, Broken Ground is a powerful novel that immerses us in the lives of an entire community.'''' ID: mon0000071873"
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Jack Hodgins Broken Ground
Emblem Editions 1999 0771041837 / 9780771041839 Paperback Very Good
"Paperback, Very Good, clean, tight, unmarked, Remainder mark some light cover edge wear, some cover creasing at corner, a few pages bent at corner as well.() Broken Ground is a riveting exploration of the dark, brooding presence of the First World War in the lives of the inhabitants of a ID: mon0000034966"
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Jack Hodgins Broken Ground
Emblem Editions 1999 0771041837 / 9780771041839 Paperback Very Good
"has a remainder mark() Broken Ground is a riveting exploration of the dark, brooding presence of the First World War in the lives of the inhabitants of a ID: mon0000072509"
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Jack HODGINS Distance
McClelland & Stewart Ltd 2003 0771041993 / 9780771041990 Hardcover Like New
"Hardcover with dust jacket, Like New, clean, tight, unmarked, A Globe and Mail Notable Book of the Year Sonny Aalto, a restless middle-aged businessman, has spent his life running away from those closest to him. When his estranged, larger-than-life father, Timo, becomes too sick to care for himself, Sonny reluctantly returns to his childhood home of Vancouver Island, where he learns his father is not only dying but wants to die on his own terms with Sonny's help. But before facing the gravity of what's ahead, the two embark on a journey to Australia, in search of a woman from their past, and over the course of the next few months their adventures will reveal difficult truths about fathers and sons, about families, about how we live and how we die and about the good and bad things that distance can sometimes provide. Wise and irreverent, deeply moving, at times comic, and with vivid settings ranging from the frozen banks of Ottawa' s Rideau Canal to the lushness of Vancouver Islan... ID: mon0000003318"
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Jack HODGINS Distance
McClelland & Stewart Ltd 2003 0771041993 / 9780771041990 Hardcover New
"Brand New, Hardcover with dust jacket, clean, tight, unmarked, first edition 1st Edition Sonny Aalto couldn’t wait to leave home. After his mother disappeared when Sonny was a little kid, his father did a lousy job of raising him. So now that Sonny is in his fifties, a hugely successful businessman in Ottawa with a couple of grown kids, he never thinks of the old man back home on Vancouver Island. Until the old man gets sick and Sonny has to fly home, and his life changes. To his horror he finds that the old man has six months to live, and can’t cope on his own. What is to be done? Every reader will sympathize with Sonny’s predicament. Finding a retirement home for his cranky Dad is so tough that he decides to leave it all behind and take a trip with him to Australia. From Sydney they head for the middle of the Australian outback to confront Sonny’s long-lost mother and find a whole new family of half-brothers – not to mention hunting wild boars and being swept away in a flash floo... ID: mon0000003319"
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Jack Hodgins Distance
McClelland & Stewart 2004 0771041721 / 9780771041723 Paperback Like New
"Clean, tight. Remainder Mark.() A Globe and Mail Notable Book of the Year Sonny Aalto, a restless middle-aged businessman, has spent his life running away from those closest to him. When his estranged, larger-than-life father, Timo, becomes too sick to care for himself, Sonny reluctantly returns to his childhood home of Vancouver Island, where he learns his father is not only dying but wants to die on his own terms – with Sonny’s help. But before facing the gravity of what’s ahead, the two embark on a journey to Australia, in search of a woman from their past, and over the course of the next few months their adventures will reveal difficult truths about fathers and sons, about families, about how we live and how we die – and about the good and bad things that distance can sometimes provide. Wise and irreverent, deeply moving, at times comic, and with vivid settings ranging from the frozen banks of Ottawa’s Rideau Canal to the lushness of Vancouver Island, from the bustle of downto ID: mon0000131213"
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Jack Hodgins The Barclay family theatre
Macmillan of Canada 1981 0771595972 / 9780771595974 Unbound Very Good
"Hardcover with dust jacket, Very Good, clean, tight, unmarked, edge wear all around the dust jacket otherwise the book is in like new condition. ID: mon0000051576"
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Jack Hodgins The Macken Charm
McClelland & Stewart 1995 0771041853 / 9780771041853 Paperback Like New
"clean, tight, unmarked, no spine or cover creases,() It is the summer of 1956, and although Rusty Macken is eager to leave rural Vancouver Island – and his family – for university, the events of Glory’s funeral will not make it easy. Over the course of a single day, the rambunctious Macken clan gathers at the site of the burned-down seaside hotel that was once the family base to mourn and remember the glamorous city girl who married the wildest Macken of all but never quite adapted to their country ways. By the time the sun comes up on the following day, Rusty may have participated in something of a miracle. At the very least, he will have been forced to confront the uneasy secrets of his own heart. Compassionate, hilarious, and wise, The Macken Charm brilliantly captures the joys, the frustrations, and the rich human drama of family life. ID: mon0000106504"
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12.79 USD
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