The strangers' gallery
Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
Human-narrated audio
Summary
St. John’s archivist Michael Lowe’s life is turned on its head when a Dutch acquaintance, Anton Aalders, arrives on his doorstep in 1995. Anton is searching for a father he never met, ostensibly a Newfoundland soldier who was part of… the Allied forces that liberated the Netherlands at the end of the WWII. Anton’s visit drags on as he is reluctant to go in search of his father, but keen to learn as much as he can about Newfoundland, its history, and its people. Rabble-rouser and ardent Newfoundland patriot Brendan “Miles” Harnett, Michael’s friend, is obsessed with his own search for the lost “fatherland” of Newfoundland, which relinquished its political independence in 1934. Miles is only too eager to teach Anton - and Michael - the shameful, forgotten history of the lost country of Newfoundland. 2013.