![]() ![]() When Etta is 83, she is starting to lose her memories and she decides that she has never seen the ocean and decides to walk from Manitoba to Halifax. The writing style of the novel is very curt and direct and mimics the simplicity of the characters themselves. The story flashes back from the present when Etta, Otto, and Russell are in their eighties to the younger years of the Vogel farm when Otto and Russell are children, to Otto’s experiences in World War II and to Etta’s life with her family before she meets Otto and Russell. Russell, who lives next door, becomes just as good friends with Etta as he has been with Otto. Through their letters they fall in love and when Otto gets back to Canada they marry and have a long and happy life together. Otto keeps up a correspondence with the teacher at the local school whose name is Etta. Otto, against the wishes of his mother, joins the army and is shipped to Europe when World War II breaks out. ![]() Russell plays with the Vogel children, eats with the family and does a fair share of chores on their farm and thus becomes the honorary 16th member of the Vogel family. ![]() Russell, when he is nine years old, is sent to live with his aunt and uncle who are neighbors of the Vogel family. Otto Vogel comes from a family of fifteen children that live on a farm in rural Saskatchewan. I received and advanced review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley ![]()
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