The O'Briens : a novel
Behrens, Peter, 1954-
The O'Briens : a novel / Peter Behrens - Toronto : Anansi , 2011 - 514 p. ; 20 cm
Their father has abandoned the family and died in the South African war; their frail mother has remarried the abusive and lecherous Mick Heaney. Joe and his siblings escape the poverty and violence of the Pontiac, but as Joe travels the continent, building an empire and a bright young family with his wife, Iseult, he is never quite able to leave his past behind. Told from the perspectives of Joe, Iseult, and their children and spanning the construction of the Canadian railroad as well as both world wars, this novel mirrors the scope and sweep of what Wilfrid Laurier calls "Canada's Century."
English
9781770890336
Authors, Canadian
Families----Fiction
War stories
Canada---Fiction
PR6056.O846 / B77 2009
FIC BEH
The O'Briens : a novel / Peter Behrens - Toronto : Anansi , 2011 - 514 p. ; 20 cm
Their father has abandoned the family and died in the South African war; their frail mother has remarried the abusive and lecherous Mick Heaney. Joe and his siblings escape the poverty and violence of the Pontiac, but as Joe travels the continent, building an empire and a bright young family with his wife, Iseult, he is never quite able to leave his past behind. Told from the perspectives of Joe, Iseult, and their children and spanning the construction of the Canadian railroad as well as both world wars, this novel mirrors the scope and sweep of what Wilfrid Laurier calls "Canada's Century."
English
9781770890336
Authors, Canadian
Families----Fiction
War stories
Canada---Fiction
PR6056.O846 / B77 2009
FIC BEH
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