Earth and High Heaven
Earth and High Heaven was a 1944 novel by Gwethalyn Graham. It was the first Canadian novel to reach number one on The New York Times bestseller list and stayed on the list for 37 weeks, selling 125 000 copies in the United States that year.
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| Author | Gwethalyn Graham |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape (UK) Thomas Nelson & Sons (Canada) J. B. Lippincott (US) |
Publication date | 1944 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 228 pp (first edition, hardcover) |
Set in Montreal, Quebec during World War II, the novel portrays a romance between Erica Drake, a young woman from a wealthy Protestant family in Westmount, and Marc Reiser, a Jewish lawyer and soldier from Northern Ontario. The young lovers are forced to confront and overcome the anti-Semitism of their society in their quest to form a lasting relationship.
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