Homesick | Social Concerns
The seemingly unavoidable, self-imposed isolation present among family members permeates Homesick; the characters' self-involvement and stubborn pride thwart almost all direct communication, empathy, and understanding. Set in the remote reaches of Saskatchewan, the fictional town of Connaught is as physically removed from the cities to the east as the family members — Alec Monkman, his daughter Vera Miller, and her son Daniel — are psychologically isolated from one another. Life, however, is not static and by the novel's end there is evidence of growth.
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