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Come From Away: Memory, War, and the Search for a Family's Past
Come From Away Memory War and the Search for a Family's Past Author:David Macfarlane As a boy, Macfarlane listened to his relatives spin tall tales and was convinced that Newfoundland "contained all the best stories in the world." As he traces the fortunes of his family through frozen winters, bouts with tuberculosis, and the losses of World War I, we glimpse a history of the entire island -- its confederation with Can... more »ada, the failing fishing industry, unemployment that is twice the national average, cockeyed dreams of finding Captain Kidd's treasure, the railways and indoor cucumber farms that promised to make everyone rich. In a curious, evocative blend of autobiography, history, and fiction, Macfarlane puts Newfoundland on the map and persuades us that this is a place where the poorest of characters has something rich to say.« less