The Time Of Their Lives

Readers of The Story of Bobby O’Malley waited eagerly for the appearance of a second novel by Wayne Johnston. The Time of Their Lives is that the chronicle of three generations in the life of a pioneer family in Newfoundland. Born in Harbour Deep, Grandfather Dad and Grandmother Mom were married and moved to the meadows, where they built a homestead and cleared the land. Children came, grew up and left. Grandchildren moved to the cities and finally Dad is left alone on his abandoned farm. The colours are darker here than they were in Bobby O’Malley, but The Time of their Lives has all the richness of humour and force of imagination that have made Wayne Johnston one of Canada’s best-known writers.