Little Canuck

Michel learns that his father is dying. This news precipitates a nostalgic journey into the past--a childhood spent on a dairy farm in French Québec. </P><P>As a sensitive boy secluded from the world Michel wavers between forbidden exploits and heartbreaking tribulations. Catholic school is a culture shock but it's the huge pumpkin-shaped teacher with a bad temper who terrorizes his brain most. On the farm his young life abounds with fun and danger--mad bulls dynamite sticks runaway darts lethal ice cubes and hazardous farm equipment.</P><P>After struggling with a dismal economy his family is forced to abandon their home. They desert their isolated farmhouse and move into a cockroach-infested apartment in an English-speaking city one mile from the seductive United States border. There Michel copes with bullies Russian spies and ghosts.</P><P><I>Little Canuck</I> recounts the humorous and at times heartrending memoirs of a young boy on his journey through a colorful landscape of emotion. Along the way young Michel uncovers the mysteries of female anatomy and learns poignant truths about mortality. His most profound lessons are not learned at school.</P>