Product Description
In this memoir, young Brian Fawcett sets off with his best friend to find the biggest and most beautiful Christmas tree possible for his school: a majestic blue spruce, hidden away in a park in their hometown of Prince George, British Columbia. After chopping their prize down though, the boys learn that the tree is one of a group of trees given to the city by the State of California. Riddled with guilt and terrified of being caught, Brian must learn to live with his mistake, and, in doing so, learns to see beyond the mistakes of others to see people for who they really are.
About the Author
BRIAN FAWCETT is the author of several works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, including
My Career with the Leafs and Cambodia: A Book for People Who Find Television Too Slow. His book
Virtual Clearcut: Or, the Way Things Are in My Home Town won the Pearson Prize for non-fiction in 2004. He was formerly a columnist for The Globe and Mail, an editor at Books in Canada, and is now a founding editor and contributor to dooneyscafe.com. Fawcett was born in Prince George, BC, and currently lives in Toronto with his wife and daughter.
