Once We Had a Country
A richly textured novel of idealism and romance, Once We Had a Country re-imagines the impact of the Vietnam War by way of the women and children who fled with the draft dodgers.
It's the summer of 1972. Maggie, a young schoolteacher, leaves the United States to settle with her boyfriend, Fletcher, on a farm near Niagara Falls. Fletcher is avoiding the Vietnam draft, but they've also come to Harroway with a loftier aim: to start a commune, work the land and create a new model for society. Hopes are high for life at Harroway; equally so for Maggie and Fletcher's budding relationship, heady as it is with passion, jealousy and uncertainty. As the summer passes, more people come to…
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August 6, 2013
Robert McGill was born and raised in Wiarton, Ontario. His first novel, The Mysteries, was named one of the top five Canadian fiction books of 2004 by Quill & Quire, and his short fiction has appeared in The Journey Prize Anthology and Toronto Life. His nonfiction book The Treacherous Imagination: Intimacy, Ethics, and Autobiographical Fiction is forthcoming. A Rhodes Scholar and fellow with the Harvard Society of Fellows, he lives in Toronto, where he writes and teaches. Visit Robert at robert-mcgill.com.
Once We Had a Country
Robert McGill