Candyman

June M. Blurton is a retired speech pathologist.

This novel chronicles the lives of an Acadian family living in Halifax
in the three decades following World War II. Although proud of its
Acadian heritage, the family is gradually assimilated into the
English-speaking community. After the father, Charles, loses his job, he
starts his own business selling candies to corner stores, thereby
becoming the Candyman. The mother causes a near-scandal when she returns
to teaching to supplement the family income.

None of the characters or events in this novel is vivid or particularly
interesting. What the book does is to remind us that, although life was
simpler and slower 40 years ago, people were just as narrow-minded as
they are now, only about different things.