Ten-year-old Elly Verkest is a first-generation Canadian born after the Second World War. Her father, Gaston, is Belgian and her mother, Mina, is Dutch. Growing up in Southern Ontario, in a small town filled with Dutch and Belgians, she is carving out her own unique Canadian identity. Her father raises pigeons and often travels back to Belgium for business. But he doesn’t return from one of his trips. As Elly and Mina struggle to build a new life without him, their relationship becomes strained and they grow apart. As a young adult, Elly decides to travel to Belgium in search of her father, and is shocked at what she discovers. Elly returns to Canada, pregnant by a man she met while in Antwerp. When her daughter Linda is grown up, she develops a close relationship with Mina, much to the dismay of her mother. And as this relationship develops, the family secrets spill out. Fire and Air , by Erik Vlaminck and translated by Paul Vincent, is a novel about a family t
Hello, i know what you mean, its a joy having the whole house home at one time thru the week but after some many days, its time for somebodies to start pulling out. lol. anyhow, i'm reading...oh, just stop by and find out.
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I'm not familiar with your books this week - will have to look into them!
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My It's Monday post can be found here.