Shortlisted for the 2017 Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award!John Alexander MacNeil is eighty years old. Sharp-tongued and quick-witted, he lives alone in rural Cape Breton, but he still cooks breakfast... Read More
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Shortlisted for the 2017 Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award!
John Alexander MacNeil is eighty years old. Sharp-tongued and quick-witted, he lives alone in rural Cape Breton, but he still cooks breakfast for his wife, who’s been dead for thirty years. He silently starts to question his own mind after stopping to pick up a hitchhiker — a hitchhiker who turns out to be his neighbour’s mailbox.
Everything shifts, though, when Emily, a pregnant teenager, shows up at his house with no place else to go. Determined to help Emily as best as he can, John must also keep the wolves from his door and maintain some semblance of sanity.
The Unlikely Redemption of John Alexander MacNeil is a compelling, witty and heartwarming novel by renowned Nova Scotia author Lesley Choyce.
Details
- Price: $21.00
- Pages: 228
- Carton Quantity: 50
- Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
- Imprint: Roseway Publishing
- Publication Date: 3rd March 2017
- Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
- ISBN: 9781552669204
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
FICTION / General
Reviews
The Unlikely Redemption of John Alexander MacNeil, Lesley Choyce demonstrates again his prolific gift for storytelling… Enjoyable, entertaining and thought-provoking.- Frank MacDonald, author of A Possible Madness
His body of work defies categorization.- Macleans
A national treasure.- Ottawa Citizen
Life enhancing, LIfe celebrating- Quill & Quire
Author Bio
Shortlisted for the 2017 Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award!
John Alexander MacNeil is eighty years old. Sharp-tongued and quick-witted, he lives alone in rural Cape Breton, but he still cooks breakfast for his wife, who’s been dead for thirty years. He silently starts to question his own mind after stopping to pick up a hitchhiker — a hitchhiker who turns out to be his neighbour’s mailbox.
Everything shifts, though, when Emily, a pregnant teenager, shows up at his house with no place else to go. Determined to help Emily as best as he can, John must also keep the wolves from his door and maintain some semblance of sanity.
The Unlikely Redemption of John Alexander MacNeil is a compelling, witty and heartwarming novel by renowned Nova Scotia author Lesley Choyce.
- Price: $21.00
- Pages: 228
- Carton Quantity: 50
- Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
- Imprint: Roseway Publishing
- Publication Date: 3rd March 2017
- Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
- ISBN: 9781552669204
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
FICTION / General
The Unlikely Redemption of John Alexander MacNeil, Lesley Choyce demonstrates again his prolific gift for storytelling… Enjoyable, entertaining and thought-provoking.– Frank MacDonald, author of A Possible Madness
His body of work defies categorization.– Macleans
A national treasure.– Ottawa Citizen
Life enhancing, LIfe celebrating– Quill & Quire