Bannock Beans and Black Tea
Subtitle: Memories of a Prince Edward Island Childhood in the Great Depression
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
Published: May 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781896597782
Subjects: Graphic Novels; Graphic Novels - General; Comics & Graphic Novels; Fiction; Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Fiction - General
First sentence: This village is where I was born.
Description: Memoir recounting one boy's experiences of deprivation and poverty growing up in a rural farming village during the Great Depression. The short stories are written by Gallant and illustrated by his son and award-winning cartoonist, Seth. Written with a concise honesty and clarity, the stories reveal the sad reality of a boy growing up in brutal social and economic conditions.