Author: W.O. Mitchel., Published by Seal Books, 1985, 2nd printing, Printed in Canada. A Good Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with the #2 stamped on bottom edge. Clean inside, tight spine.
THE KITE, is the warmly humorous portrayal of the 111 year old Daddy Sherry, the boy who loves him, and the city journalist who comes to the Alberta foothill town of Shelby to interview him.
W.O. Mitchell's critically acclaimed novel,ย The Kite, is a humorous yet touching story of a journalist's worst nightmare. Set in the Prairie backwater of Shelby, Alberta, seasoned reporter and minor television celebrity David Lang arrives to write a magazine feature on the town's oldest living citizen, the 111-year-old curmudgeon Daddy Sherry.ย Still recovering from the disappointments of a fatherless childhood, the uptight David just wants to file his story as quickly as possible and hightail it back to Toronto. But he hasn't reckoned on the cantankerous cunning of Daddy Sherry. As David chases his recalcitrant subject all over town, he begins to understand the meaning of life and finds love and happiness for the first time.
