Beck

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Binding: Hardcover
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ISBN: 9781406331127
Publisher: Walker Books
Language: English
Page Count: 267
Publication Date: 8/18/2016
Size: 9.00" l x 6.00" w x 1.00"
Series: N/A

Born from a street liaison between a poor young woman and an African sailor in the 1900s, Beck is soon orphaned and sent to the Catholic Brothers in Canada. Shipped to work on a farm, his escape takes him across the continent in a search for belonging. Enduring abuse and many hardships, Beck has times of comfort and encouragement, eventually finding Grace, the woman with whom he can finally forge his life and shape his destiny as a young man. A picaresque novel set during the Depression as experienced by a young black man, it depicts great pain but has an uplifting and inspiring conclusion.

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