Johnny Sandleaves

<p>In the late 1970s deep in the heart of Southwestern Ontario's Tobacco Belt a madcap crew of summer students learns what it means to work on a tobacco farm. Each finds their own way to cope with the physical and mental challenges to get through the season.</p><p><em>Johnny Sandleaves</em> is a Canadian coming-of-age novel showcasing a mix of dark humour and gritty reality while providing a colourful social snapshot of the Old World circumstances shaping the families who moved to this burgeoning corner of Canada. Relatable in its banter and abounding with eccentric characters <em>Johnny Sandleaves</em> peels back the dramatic layers of how an eclectic crew of tobacco harvesters on Peter DeVreker's farm found themselves where they are - and why with all of life's possibilities they ended up working in tobacco.</p>