Finding Larkspur : a return to village life / Dan Needles.
Material type: TextPublisher: Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & McIntyre, [2023]Description: 166 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781771623704 (pbk.)
- 1771623705
- 307.76/20971 23
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Chronicler of village life Dan Needles leads an insightful and laugh-out-loud tour through the quirks and customs of today's Canadian small town. Modern literature has not been kind to village life. Finding Larkspur takes a walk through the Canadian village of the twenty-first century, observing customs and traditions that endure despite the best efforts of Twitter, Facebook and Amazon. The author looks at the buildings and organizations left over from the old rural community, why they were built in the first place and how they have adapted to the modern day. The post office, the general store, the church, the school and the service club all remain standing, but they operate quite differently than they did for our ancestors. Drawing from his experience working in rural communities across Canada and in other countries, Needles reveals how a national conversation may be driven by urban voices but the national character is often very much a product of its small towns and back roads.
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