A wake for the dreamland
By: Laurel Deedrick-Mayne
Contributors: Friesen Press
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Friesen Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Victoria, BC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9781460258521; 9781460258538
Subjects: Friendship; Fiction; World War, 1939-1945; Canadian Historical fiction
Description: Friends William, Robert, and Annie are on the cusp of adulthood while the world is on the brink of war. It is a Canadian summer in 1939 and Robert and Annie's love has blossomed, even as the inevitability of the boys joining up means separation and the first of many losses. Fearing he might not return, Robert makes William promise to take care of Annie. Every arena of their lives is infiltrated by the war, from the home front to the underground of queer London to the bloody battlefields of Italy. Even in the aftermath, in the shadow of The Dreamland, these friends fight their own inner battles: to have faith in their right to love and be loved, to honour their promises and ultimately find their way "home."