In the Ontario town of Elgin, Lorne Murchison is a rising young lawyer full of idealism about the British Empire, and he takes it into politics. Alongside his campaign runs the story of his thoughtful sister Advena and her slow-burning love for the young minister Hugh Finlay, set against market days, church quarrels and family life.
A landmark of Canadian fiction, shrewd and humane about small-town life and national identity. Download the free EPUB.