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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Manse Calvo

The Manse Calvo

Budzynski, Brian

Paperback

Historical Fiction

ISBN13: 9798218648947
Publisher: Minordilemma Books
Published: Apr 1 2025
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Halifax, Nova Scotia: In a span of less than two years, Walek Szeyk, a second-generation Polish immigrant, loses his parents to a tragic accident, tries and fails to make something of himself at university, and through a conflation of financial ignorance and unmitigated grief loses his home. But when, on Fool's Day 1941, he accepts a position as useful man at the Manse Calvo, Walek begins his life anew-a life that will intersect with that of the hotel's heiress, herself the victim of a terrible loss.

Actual historical incidents-including the Halifax Explosion of 1917, Winston Churchill's surprise landing at Halifax Harbour, and the VE Day Riots that nearly destroyed much of the city of Halifax-lend intense narrative power to this deceptively quiet story of the mysteries of despair and hope that lie in finding true connection with another human heart.

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