Raisin Wine: A Boyhood in a Different Muskoka - Softcover

Bartleman, James K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0771012640 ISBN 13: 9780771012648

Verlag: McClelland & Stewart, 2008

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Book by Bartleman James K

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Praise for James K. Bartleman

"Candid and engaging."
-- Globe and Mail

"Bartleman's style is straightforward, but he has a wry sense of humour and no qualms about recounting his own missteps."
-- Quill & Quire

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A warm, at times hilarious, yet dark childhood memoir from a bestselling author.

This memoir recalls the boyhood years of Ontario’s future lieutenant-governor, living in a dilapidated old house complete with outdoor toilet and coal oil-lamp lighting. Behind the outrageous stories, larger-than life-characters, and descriptions of the mores of a small village in the heart of Ontario’s cottage country are flashes of insight from the perspective of a child that recall the great classicWho has Seen the Wind by W.O. Mitchell.

But why "a different Muskoka?" Because the boy was a half-breed kid. Visits to his mother’s reserve showed him that he was caught between two worlds. His mother’s fight with depression flowed from that dilemma. His father — the book’s main character — was a lovable, white, working class, happy-go-lucky guy who never had any money but who made the best home brew in the village — and his specialty was raisin wine.

Like that raisin wine, this unusual book goes down easily and has a kick to it.
From the Hardcover edition.

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• Verlag: McClelland & Stewart
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0771012640
• ISBN 13: 9780771012648
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272