The unconventional life of Harry Cane - 4 star

 

A place called Winter can be correctly described as a novel about loneliness. Harry Cane is a gay man who rather than follow his heart, gives way to convention, finds himself married, and the proud father of a young daughter. However his true feelings and an illicit love affair, very much against the misguided moral Edwardians of the time, results in Harry being banished by his family to the harsh winter climate of Saskatchewan, Canada. In this desolate location he must eke out an existence, toiling and working the land, ultimately gifted to him if successful. A sensitive, thoughtful read, an unexpected conclusion seeming to offer Harry unbridled happiness he never expected, but so richly deserved.