In this book, the humorist deviates from his trademark dry humorous fiction to provide a memoir/documentary of small town Ontario life and its history, politics and conservatism, as it relates to his family and personal experience. But it largely lacks his unique humour, the feature that made his previous books and plays so enjoyable. Nevertheless his perspective and insight into rural life in Ontario was easy for me relate to as his home farm in Grey County is adjacent to the farm in Wellington county of my youth and the era overlaps with when I lived there.
Only one memorable quote: “….anything that confuses an economist usually makes the community a better place to live.”.
I was a bit disappointed in this book;it is not as good as his previous books and plays about rural Ontario life.
3/5
