Set in 1896 along the isolated Lower North Shore of Quebec,
this page-turning romantic novel follows the adventures --
many harrowing -- of a novice clergyman by the name of Jack Alford.
The character is inspired by Paul Almond's real uncle, Reverend Jack
Almond. Paul Almond, now 81, summers in Shigawake, in the Gaspé,
and for the past ten years there, he has been writing a
not-so-fictional account of his family's 200-year
long pioneering history in this province. This latest book, called
The Pilgrim, was launched today in Quebec City.
Link to interview: http://www.cbc.ca/breakaway
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