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(1), Jeremiah Camp main character hasn’t spoken in years (1), after watching the film online on Canada Film Day. Shocked at the differences between the book and the film. John dies in the book after sinking his house the night before they were going to move to the mainland. The book really dwells in the thoughts of (1), husband of Mary Simon (Inuk Governor General of Canada) (1), originally a journalist (1), west coast (1), inscribed inside to Gordon very best wishes from Blanche Christmas 1947 (1), actual publishing date is 1947 although it looks to be the same edition (1), Pavee Gypsies (1), widow helping widower and family (1), Wainwright Township (1), Scottish island (1), canoe trek (1), Duluth to York Factory (1), stream of consciousness type of writing (1), pleasant read but quite predictable (1), started at cabin finished at home (1), borrowed from Jesse in Vancouver (1), gave to Mary B. (1), given me by Elaine (1), almost 1500 pages (1), gave it to thrift shop (1), Laurence’s first published work (1), Jesse gave to us for our birthdays 2022 (1), bought on Bowen Island (1), couldn’t be bothered to finish it (1)
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I read and collect books by Canadian authors. Hope to inventory them all on this site over the next year (2014-2015) or so.
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