Author: | John R. Christensen | ISBN: | 9780992043100 |
Publisher: | Christensen Books | Publication: | August 10, 2017 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | John R. Christensen |
ISBN: | 9780992043100 |
Publisher: | Christensen Books |
Publication: | August 10, 2017 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
This engaging Canadian fiction captures the summer of 1952. It's a powerful coming-of-age story that explores the rigid family life and gallantry of a young man named Ely Goodfellow. A Promising Wind is a well-crafted novel attractive to a broad range of readers. Ely is compelled to suddenly leave his parents' thin-soiled prairie farm and jump a freight train destined for Nova Scotia. Ely's spirit and beliefs are constantly challenged by a mixture of eclectic characters inhabiting the story. Multiple story strands intertwine and the veiled tone of the narrative leaves us with a sense of secrets hidden everywhere. Ely emerges as a young man of considerable strength and courage.
This engaging Canadian fiction captures the summer of 1952. It's a powerful coming-of-age story that explores the rigid family life and gallantry of a young man named Ely Goodfellow. A Promising Wind is a well-crafted novel attractive to a broad range of readers. Ely is compelled to suddenly leave his parents' thin-soiled prairie farm and jump a freight train destined for Nova Scotia. Ely's spirit and beliefs are constantly challenged by a mixture of eclectic characters inhabiting the story. Multiple story strands intertwine and the veiled tone of the narrative leaves us with a sense of secrets hidden everywhere. Ely emerges as a young man of considerable strength and courage.