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Jan 19, 2015WVMLStaffPicks rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Michael Crummey is one of Canada's most inspired writers. His modern day version of Romeo and Juliet is set in the outports of Newfoundland and amongst the horrors of a Japanese P.O.W. camp. The story is a lyrical, haunting and intensely satisfying read about a young Catholic boy and Protestant girl whose love for each other refuses to fade, even when the world and all its prejudices and cruel twists of fate aim to keep them apart.