The Hero (Alford Saga) - Softcover
Eric Alford, one of the brave but shell-shocked soldiers of WWI, sets out during Canada's Great Depression to find his British sweetheart. He ends up in Australia, where he finally wins ordination as a clergyman. After an emotionally fraught round the world trip, he arrives home in Quebec only to find his traumas growing worse. He continues to battle it as bravely as he did the enemy, causing heart-rending anguish to himself, his loving bride and his only son.
Set in the turbulent twenties and thirties, this story of an earlier hero mirrors with horrifying force the PTSD that afflicts our returning troops today, and offers uplifting lessons about the unquenchable human spirit.
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About the Author:
Paul Almond, O.C., was one of Canada's preeminent film and television directors. He directed and produced more than 130 television dramas for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and for the BBC, as well as motion pictures for Paramount and Universal in Hollywood. He was appointed to the Order of Canada and received a lifetime achievement award from the Director's Guild of Canada. He lived in Malibu, California, and on the Gaspe Peninsula in Shigawake, Quebec until his death in 2015.
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- PublisherRed Deer Press
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0889955255
- ISBN 13 9780889955257
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages280
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