The Dancehall Years

Fiction & Literature, Historical, Literary
Cover of the book The Dancehall Years by Joan Haggerty, Mother Tongue Publishing
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Author: Joan Haggerty ISBN: 9781896949574
Publisher: Mother Tongue Publishing Publication: June 15, 2016
Imprint: Mother Tongue Publishing Language: English
Author: Joan Haggerty
ISBN: 9781896949574
Publisher: Mother Tongue Publishing
Publication: June 15, 2016
Imprint: Mother Tongue Publishing
Language: English

This enriching, complex family saga and interracial drama brims with beautiful prose. It begins one summer on Bowen Island during the Depression and moves through Pearl Harbour and the evacuation of the Japanese and into the 1970s. Gwen Killam is a child on Bowen whose idyllic summers are obliterated by the outbreak of the war. Her swimming teacher, Takumi Yoshito, disappears along with his parents who are famous for their devotion to the Bowen Inn gardens. The Lower Mainland is in blackout, and so is the future of Gwen’s beloved Aunt Isabelle who must make an unthinkable sacrifice. The Bowen Island dancehall is well-known during the war as a moonlight cruise destination and it becomes an emotional landmark for time passing and remembered. Brilliantly crafted, The Dancehall Years is a literary gem.

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This enriching, complex family saga and interracial drama brims with beautiful prose. It begins one summer on Bowen Island during the Depression and moves through Pearl Harbour and the evacuation of the Japanese and into the 1970s. Gwen Killam is a child on Bowen whose idyllic summers are obliterated by the outbreak of the war. Her swimming teacher, Takumi Yoshito, disappears along with his parents who are famous for their devotion to the Bowen Inn gardens. The Lower Mainland is in blackout, and so is the future of Gwen’s beloved Aunt Isabelle who must make an unthinkable sacrifice. The Bowen Island dancehall is well-known during the war as a moonlight cruise destination and it becomes an emotional landmark for time passing and remembered. Brilliantly crafted, The Dancehall Years is a literary gem.

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