Synopsis
A young man returns to the towpath world he left behind, finding family, risk, and a future.
This edition follows the life on canal boats and the tight-knit communities that form around the Sary-Anne and the lemon-squeezer. It centers on a homecoming full of warmth, memory, and hard choices as characters confront past and present in a rough, working world.
- Meet families who pull together at the sight of a returning son and the scent of home-cooked meals.
- Experience the close quarters of towboats, the bustle of deckhands, and the quiet threats of life on the canal.
- Feel the tension between duty, love, and the costs of a hard life set against moments of tenderness and hope.
- Watch a young man navigate promises, marriage, and a future that might depend on luck, courage, and hard work.
Ideal for readers of historical fiction centered on working-class life, family ties, and the chlorine-clear pulse of the inland waterways.
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The Towman
Edité par
Ruth Hill, Boston, 1934
ISBN 10 : 0243277725
ISBN 13 : 9780243277728
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