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The Island Walkers

John Bemrose

#2293 of 8,085 books · #979 in Fiction

Shortlisted for the Giller Prize (2003). Also longlisted for 1 other award.

Across a bend of Ontario's Attawan River lies the Island, where, for generations, the Walkers have lived among other mill workers. But in the summer of 1965, with the threat of mill closures looming, the Walkers grapple with their personal crises, just as the rest of the town fights to protect its way of life.

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Publisher
John Murray
ISBN-13
9780771011115
Genre
Topics
Family sagaSmall-town life and industrial declineCommunity and change

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