Honey and Ashes: A Story of Family

by Janice Kulyk Keefer

Book Overview

From the acclaimed author of The Green Library , a haunting memoir of family and home, both lost and found, of longing and belonging. Janice Kulyk Keefer was born in Canada, a country that for her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0002554437
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Harpercollins Canada
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful, Heartwarming Novel

I stayed up almost all night finishing this wonderful, engrossing novel. Ms. Keefer has truly captured the experience of the Ukrainian immigrant family! Highly recommended to anyone with Ukrainian roots!

Spellbinding!

Janice Kulyk Keefer explores her duel heritage as she is a Canadian by birth and a Ukrainian-Pole by blood. Keefer struggles to find a sense of belonging between these two very different worlds which act as threads that intertwine, weaving her identity. Keefer lyrically captures her memories and experiences while reflecting on her past in a manner that touches the reader for all time. A statement from the novel that has lingered in my mind is: "Belonging-a word that's both an outstretched hand and a fist clenched round your heart, a fist that won't let go." A truly magnificent read!