| The Island Walkers is a fast moving story of a typical baby boomer family set in post-WWII Southern Ontario. The Island Walkers follows a family of five through a year of turmoil both private and very public.
Scarred by his time in the war in Europe, Alf, the patriarch of the family fiercey conceals his wartime terrors and his current struggles from the wife he brought back from the war with him. His children struggle with their own problems and like their father, conceal their pain and terror with determination. As Alf finds himself the unwilling focal point of a campaign to unionize the local textile mill he is in turn a hero, a failure and a target. Bemrose describes the "closed door" that the children of WWII war veterans know so well. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - thoughtful Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's Political/social activism Yes Plotlet: Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - society How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 () Small town? Yes Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - descript of kissing Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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