30 - A Century of November, by W. D. Wetherell, 164 pages, University of Michigan Press, 2005
WHY I PICKED IT: Recommended by an Aussie traveler that I met in England
ELAPSED TIME: 4 days
RATING: Good
ELAPSED TIME: 4 days
RATING: Good
WWI, Marden's wife has died of the Spanish Flu, and he has receives word that his son has died in the trenches of Belgium. So begins this quixotic journey to the place his son lost his life. From the boat from Victoria to Vancouver, the train across the continent, the ship across the ocean to England. Armistice and the trip to mainland Europe.
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, made a similar pilgrimage; fathers and mothers, lovers and wives. Wetherell's book is bleak and dark... and envelopes the reader.
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