Local author and social justice advocate S heila Murray talks about her debut novel\, "Finding Edward."
\nBorn and raised in St. Albans\, England\, this Hamilton-based writer currently leads a grassroots\, volunteer-driven initiative that engages urban reside nts in adapting to local climate change impacts. Her short fiction has bee n published in many literary journals.
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\nAbou t Finding Edward
\nCyril Rowntree\, a mixed-race Jamaican\, migrates to Canada after his mother and surrogate grandfather die. Cyril arrives in Toronto and sets about earning a degree\, works two jobs\, and begins to navigate his way through the implications of being racialized in his new land. A chance encounter with a panhandler named Patricia leads C yril to a suitcase full of photographs and letters dating back to the earl y 1920s. Cyril is drawn into the letters and their story of a white mother 's struggle to come to terms with the need to give up her mixed-race baby\ , Edward. Abandoned by his white father as a small child\, Cyril feels a c ompelling connection to the boy and begins to look for the rest of Edward' s story. As he searches\, Cyril unearths hidden pieces of Canadian history and gradually gains the confidence to trust his own judgment.
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