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Johnston, Wayne.
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Smallwood, Joseph Roberts, 1900- -- Fiction.
Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award.
Canadian Authors Association Award.
Newfoundland and Labrador -- History -- Fiction.
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Johnston, Wayne.
Smallwood, Joseph Roberts, 1900- -- Fiction.
Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award.
Canadian Authors Association Award.
Newfoundland and Labrador -- History -- Fiction.
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The colony of unrequited dreams / Wayne Johnston.
by
Johnston, Wayne.
Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 1998.
Call #:
FICTION JOH
Subjects
Smallwood, Joseph Roberts, 1900- -- Fiction.
Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction
Award
.
Canadian
Authors
Association
Award
.
Newfoundland and Labrador -- History -- Fiction.
Series
Canada reads ; 2003.
ISBN:
9780676971828
9780676972153 (trade pbk.)
Description:
562 p.: 21 cm.
Summary:
An epic portrait of passion and ambition, set against the beautiful, brutal landscape of Newfoundland. Features Joey Smallwood, who claws his way up from poverty to become New Foundland's first premier; and Sheilagh Fielding, who renounces her father's wealth to become a popular columnist and writer, a gifted satirist who casts a haunting shadow on Smallwood's life and career. The two meet as children at school and grow to realize that their lives are irreversibly intertwined, bound together by a secret they don't know they share. Smallwood, always on the make, torn between love of country and fear of failure, is as reluctant to trust the private truths of his heart as his rival and savior, Fielding--brilliant, hard-drinking, and unconventionally sexy. Their story ranges from small-town Newfoundland to New York City, from the harrowing ice floes of the seal hunt to the lavish drawing rooms of colonial governors, and combines erudition, comedy, and unflagging narrative.
Awards:
Winner of the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction
Award
, 1999.
Winner of the
Canadian
Authors
Association
Award
for Fiction, 1999.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Canadian
fiction.
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1
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