...the freshness of the writing, the richness of the cast, and the resilience of the comedy will draw the author's fans.
Description
Winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award, and a Horn Book Fanfare Selection
Old Mickey is one hundred and twelve years old. He can't remember what he ate for lunch today, but he can remember every detail of what happened one hundred years ago, when he and his mother ran away from his violent father to take refuge in the hills north of Ottawa.
Brilliantly combining humor and tragedy, the award-winning Uncle Ronald is one of Brian Doyle's most emotionally powerful novels.
Reviews
[Doyle] is at the top of his form in Uncle Ronald, with all his trademark skills well hones and in tight control.
...a courageous novel that leads you through the darkness and out into the light; a novel that makes you laugh and cry, as only Doyle, Brian can.
...this is a tender, sad and wonderful book.
