It is the summer of 1959, and in a prairie town in Saskatchewan, Alec Monkman waits for his estranged daughter to come home, with the grandson he has never seen. But this is an uneasy reunion. Fiercely independent, Vera has been on her own since running away at nineteen – first to the army, and then to Toronto. Now, for the sake of her young son, she must swallow her pride and return home after seventeen years. As the story gradually unfolds, the past confronts the present in unexpected ways as the silence surrounding Vera’s brother is finally shattered and the truth behind Vera’s long absence revealed. With its tenderness, humour, and vivid evocation of character and place, Homesick confirms Guy Vanderhaeghe’s reputation as one of Canada’s most engaging and accomplished storytellers.
- ISBN10 0899199259
- ISBN13 9780899199252
- Publish Date 1 May 1990 (first published 7 October 1989)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 December 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Houghton Mifflin
- Edition American ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 292
- Language English