Johnston, Wayne
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Product description The Colony of Unrequited Dreams has garnered national and international praise for its distinctive blend of fact and fiction. John
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ston weaves the story of Joey Smallwood, arguably Newfoundlands most controversial political figure and undoubtedly its unlikelest romantic hero. It tells of Smallwoods ambition and friendship with Sheilagh Fielding. Together, they escape Newfoundland and become socialists in New York. Returning home, he becomes a populist and is alternately plagued and inspired by Fielding, now a popular newspaper columnist. From the Back Cover Wayne Johnstons fictional autobiography of Joey Smallwood, the cunning politician who all but dragged Newfoundland into Canada, is a combination of mystery and love story. Energetically narrated by Newfoundland actor Boyd Norman, this audio edition tells the epic story of Smallwoods rise from poverty and obscurity to the office of Newfoundlands first premier. At the heart of Johnstons masterful novel, however, is Smallwoods life-long relationship with Sheilagh Fielding, an acerbic, hard-drinking journalist whom he first meets when he is a struggling scholarship student at a St. Johns boarding school. The two are bound together by a childhood secret and an unfulfilled passion for one another. About the Author Wayne Johnston is the author of five novels including The Divine Ryans (also available in audio). He has won many prestigious awards for his work including the Books in Canada First Novel Award for his début novel The Story of Bobby OMalley ), the Canadian Authors Association Award for Most Promising Young Writer for The Time of Their Lives ) and the Thomas Head Raddall Fiction Award for The Divine Ryans ). The Colony of Unrequited Dreams won the Thomas Head Raddall Fiction Award ) and the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction and was a nominee for the 1998 Governor Generals Award and the Giller Prize. A feature film of The Divine Ryans was released in 1999. Boyd Norman was born and raised in Newfoundland. As an actor, he has appeared in theatres across Canada including Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador, Rising Tide Theatre, The Charlottetown Festival and the Vancouver Playhouse. He also appeared in the Newfoundland TV series Pigeon Inlet and in the Stephen King movie IT. He recently appeared with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra in the North American Premiere of Roald Dahls Goldilocks. Boyd is a familiar voice to CBC Radio audiences from his many appearances including the title role of Flynn in the radio series of the same name for The Mystery Project.
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