description: The Colony of Unrequited Dreams has garnered national and international praise for its distinctive blend of fact and fiction. Johnston weaves the story of Joey Smallwood, arguably Newfoundland’s most controversial political figure and undoubtedly its unlikelest romantic hero. It tells of Smallwood’s ambition and friendship with Sheilagh Fielding. Together, they escape Newfoundland and become socialists in New York. Returning home, he becomes a populist and is alternately plagued and inspired by Fielding, now a popular newspaper columnist.
language: English
title: The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
titlecomplete: The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
characters: Joey Smallwood, Sheilagh Fielding
genres: Book Club, Literary Fiction, Canadian Literature, Fiction, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Historical Fiction, Historical, Canada
ratings_count: 7327
places: Newfoundland and Labrador, New York City, New York, Canada
series: Newfoundland Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Scotiabank Giller Prize, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: CBC Canada Reads, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Canadian Authors Association Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
publisher: BTC Audiobooks