New Book Follows Family’s Urbanization in Toronto: ‘There Never Was a Better Time’

TORONTO, Aug. 20, 2009 — Death too frequently stalks the domain of those who earn their living from the sea. Keeping that in mind, it is not hard to see how the glamour of early 20th century Toronto would be appealing to young men from a fishing village on the Atlantic coast. “There Never Was a Bet…

‘Beyond the Grail’: New Novel Explores an Irish Family’s Fracturing and Unification

HAMPTON ROADS, Va., Feb. 9, 2009 — Throughout history, families have fractured for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it happens over politics, sometimes money. Sometimes the reasons are far less concrete or mundane. “Beyond the Grail” (published by iUniverse) by Andrew Shankland t…