Baltimore's Mansion: A Memoir - Softcover

Johnston, Wayne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0676972977 ISBN 13: 9780676972979

Publisher: Vintage Books Canada, 2000

Synopsis

Baltimore's Mansion introduces us to the Johnstons of Ferryland, a Catholic colony founded by Lord Baltimore in the 1620s on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, and centres on three generations of fathers and sons. Filled with heart-stopping description and a cast of stubborn, acerbic, yet utterly irresistible family members, it is an evocation of a time and a place reminiscent of Wayne Johnston's best fiction.

About this title

Product Description:

Baltimore's Mansionÿintroduces us to the Johnstons of Ferryland, a Catholic colony founded by Lord Baltimore in the 1620s on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, and centres on three generations of fathers and sons.ÿ

Review:

"Incredibly moving, deeply personal and often hilarious."
--The Toronto Star

"A prodigiously talented author -- Baltimore's Mansion ought to win a wide readership, especially among those of us grasping after the meaning of our own fathers' lives."
--The Globe and Mail

"Much more than a memoir -- Johnston has used all the fictive techniques he has mastered as a mature literary artist to shape the materials of real life into a work of astonishing beauty and power."
--National Post

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Books Canada
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0676972977
• ISBN 13: 9780676972979
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288