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The Island Walkers by Bemrose, John is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Island Walkers about?
A man has to choose between his allegiance to his friends or the advancement of his career, in John Bemrose’s tightly-knit family drama.For generations, the Walkers have lived on the Island, a small, working-class mill town beside Ontario's Attawan River. But in the summer of 1965, their peace is shattered. When a union organiser comes to town, Alf Walker is forced to choose between loyalty to his friends and advancement up the company ranks. His decision threatens to overwhelm not only his own life but also his family’s."In a finely wrought first novel, Maclean’s journalist Bemrose asks probing questions about loyalty as he chronicles the terrible year that destroys a Canadian mill town... From a writer to be watched: a sobering reminder of the costs of change." - Kirkus Reviews"A deeply atmospheric debut from John Bemrose. It stands for unspoken emotion, stoicism, and occasionally contentment ... Bemrose's prose is elegant, his images well chosen ... Existential themes of endurance and anxiety are subtly woven into a languid narrative which is at the same time robust enough to examine issues of class, passion, betrayal and disintegration." - Literary ReviewJohn Bemrose is n
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Bemrose, John
- Publisher
- Emblem Editions
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781551996936
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Peoples & Cultures Fiction
- Rating
- 3.48 / 5 (572 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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