Praise for this book: Impressive...remarkably effective.

In his 1964 CBC Massey Lectures C. B. Macpherson examines the rival ideas of democracy - the communist, Third World, and Western-liberal variants - and their impact on one another.

Here is the Hillstrands’ own heartfelt hymn to the brutally hard, gloriously independent, and mysteriously soul-satisfying life that has earned them their daily bread and defined their existence.

The novel, published in 1936, offers a unique perspective on humanity's capacity for survival and adaptation in the face of catastrophe, making it a significant work of literature from the interwar period.

'An enchanting debut' Woman's Own November 1942 Dear Elizabeth, I've got myself a new project, to cheer myself up a bit.