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Finding Home

by Eric Wright

CORMORANT BOOKS | August 16, 2007 | Trade Paperback

Will Prentice, who immigrated to Canada from England thirty years ago, realizes that sometimes you have to leave home to find it. The week after his wife asks him for a divorce, Will returns to England to attend his mother''s funeral. Embarking on a driving tour of the English countryside, in part on a quest to unravel a secret from his mother''s past, in part trying to see how much of England he remembers, and where he belongs, he begins to reexamine his life back home in Canada. His driving companion is his uncle''s grandson, Fred, a recent Cambridge graduate at a crossroads in his life who is interested in Canadian Studies.

As Fred drives Will through various English boroughs, Will talks him through a journey across Canada, from the fishing villages of Labrador to the rainy coasts of British Columbia, reawakening Fred''s imagination and defining the heart of his own passion. Eric Wright''s portrait of two countries, Britain and Canada, supposedly similar but literally an ocean apart, asserts Canada''s uniqueness and reminds us that home is not only geography and landscape, but also a state of mind. Finding Home is a sensitive and optimistic look at Will''s search for a new beginning after work and kids that will resonate with anyone who has ever had to face an uncertain future.

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    Rating: 5/5

    An absorbing read

    Elke Love

    2 years ago

    An excellent portrayal of the differences between Canada and the UK in lifestyles and cultural references, by someone who grew up in the class system in the UK and emigrated, probably because of it. The mother of an ex-Brit Canadian dies in the UK and leaves a mystery. Will travels the UK, comparing it to Canada with the help of a long lost cousin. Delightful read, but I'm not sure anyone who has not truly experienced both cultures would understand or appreciate the finely drawn comparisons and the tongue-in-cheek comments. Far better writing than Mr. Wright's mystery novels.

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    Rating: 1/5

    Disappointing

    Georgina Harris

    5 years ago

    This book was a huge disappointment. It is self indulgent, patronizing, over bearing, lazy in concept and execution.

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