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category: Fiction
published: Aug 2011
ISBN:9781926972312
publisher: Brindle & Glass Publishing

Freddy's War

by Judy Schultz

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In 1941, a young man imagines thrilling battles and heroic acts when he lies about his age and joins the army. “Assigned to the Winnipeg Grenadiers, part of the Canadian army in Hong Kong, Freddy McKee becomes a prisoner of war six weeks after arriving in Hong Kong.

Five years pass and Freddy finally returns home from the war, but three women—Joanna Keegan, her daughter Hope, and the beautiful and mysterious Su Li—feel echoes of Freddy’s ordeal in each of their lives. For Freddy, the memory of war is a heavier burden than the weapon he once carried. Freddy must fight to survive in a world that has left him behind.

“Veterans traditionally have never shared the hell of their war. Often the only way to get close to their experiences is via skillful fiction. Gritty and well-researched, Freddy’s War takes us to the siege of Hong Kong and back.” —Ted Barris, author and military historian

“Wartime love stories are the stuff of cliché, but there’s no false sentimentality in Freddy’s War. With a cool reporter’s eye, Schultz draws on her deep knowledge of China, and of prairie social history, to craft an understated, elegaic story of loneliness, loss, and dislocation.” —Paula Simons, Edmonton Journal

About the Author
Judy Schultz has always worn a number of literary hats: restaurant columnist, food and travel journalist, editor, author, lecturer and most recently writer and host of a 13-part Canadian literature telecourse. She is currently a full-time feature writer for the Edmonton Journal and specializes in travel and food. Her articles appear in newspapers across Canada and in such publications as Western Living and Canadian Living. She is the author of three cookbooks and two works of nonfiction.
Awards
  • Winner, Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize
Editorial Reviews

"The idea of the novel is excellent."


"The fact that Freddy has one foot in a Chinese world and one foot in a white Canadian world adds a layer of racial misunderstanding to a story where everyone misunderstands what war can do to us . . . this is a great read."Geist


"Brutal and violent in parts, honestly human and loving in others, this is a great novel about first-hand experience of war."


"It’s an interesting first foray into the world of fiction for Schultz, and she handles it deftly. Alternating between perspectives is a tricky business but she pulls it off well."

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