Author: Jack Hodgins. Published by McClelland & Stewart Inc., Toronto, ON, 1998, 1st. Edition, Flat Signed by the Author on title page. Printed and Bound in Canada. Like New Condition HARDCOVER Book and Dust Jacket. Size: 6.25 x 9.25 inch, 359 pages.
BROKEN GROUND, by Jack Hodgins, is set on Vancouver Island, British Columbia Canada in 1922, a few years after the First World War. A powerful dark tale of life lived, and re-lived, during that time, and how those who stayed home, and those who came home, coped with the aftermath of WWI.
“Spanning much of this most bloody and turbulent of centuries and balancing different points of view, both male and female, young and old, Hodgins tells a uniquely Canadian story which is not only powerful but ennobling. As such, Broken Ground is a profoundly moving affirmation of life and a resounding declaration of faith in a century that has severely tested humanity’s spiritual resolve.” –Reviewed by The Kitchener-Waterloo Record
