Duncan's Way

Patricia Morley is professor emerita of English and Canadian Studies at
Concordia University and an avid outdoor recreationist. She is the
author of several books, including The Mountain Is Moving: Japanese
Women’s Lives, Kurlek and Margaret Laurence: T

Duncan’s Way is a moving tale about an ancient land, a lost way of
life, and a bold step toward new survival patterns and new hope.

Eleven-year-old Duncan understands that the cod have disappeared from
the waters around the coast of Newfoundland and that his family faces
the prospect of having to move from the island. His father has been out
of work for 18 months. Perhaps the baking that has become his hobby
offers a solution. As Duncan spends the afternoon with a retired
fisherman and Mr. Marshall’s model trains, he clarifies his plan.

Duncan’s scheme for a bakery boat intrigues his family, and they
begin developing it in the belief that it will likely prove successful.
As they cruise from one outport to another in their floating bakery,
renamed Duncan’s Way, father and son joke and tease one another
“like they did in the days before the cod went away.”

Ian Wallace’s fine writing partners generous color illustrations
(each one-and-one-quarter pages wide and full-book height) that feature
images ranging from Mr. Marshall’s intriguing model railway set to
family members engaged in household tasks or deep in discussion. Highly
recommended.