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Seventh Day

by (author) Ed Smith

Publisher
Breakwater Books Ltd.
Initial publish date
Apr 2007
Category
General, Crime, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550812299
    Publish Date
    Apr 2007
    List Price
    $22.00

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Description

In this fast-paced novel about a man who returns to university following the death of his wife, David Edwards is drawn into a criminal web of drugs, sexual slavery, and political intrigue that threatens the very future of Canada.

About the author

Ed Smith taught in schools all over Newfoundland, finally settling in Springdale, where he and his wife, Marion, had lived. He had been a high school principal, an assistant superintendent of education, and principal of a college campus in Springdale. Ed retired in 1996, just over two years before a car accident left him paralyzed from the shoulders down. He began writing a humour column for the local newspaper in 1980. Other papers soon began running the column, “The View from Here” and it appeared in six papers and magazines. He had been nominated for the Stephen Leacock Award for humour and had written for the Toronto Star and Reader's Digest. In 2001 Ed prepared a series of short radio clips on life with quadriplegia, which he wrote and presented on CBC radio. These earned him The Canadian Nurses' Association award for excellence in broadcasting and an international Gabriel award for writing that upholds and uplifts the human spirit. Ed has been recognized by the Atlantic Community Newspapers Association for hilarious material. Five collections of his columns have also been published. Ed Smith, along his wife, had four children and six grandchildren. Ed Smith passed away on September 8, 2017 in Grand Falls-Windsor, NL.

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