He is every bit as bad as Dickens - Martin Seymour-SmithA swooping saga, filled with peaks and troughs, but most memorable in the evocation of immigrant life in Western Canada - Publishers WeeklyMacdonald is adept at handling large and unwieldy casts spanning eras and changing times and manners...great natural and varied backgrounds, well-detailed history, nostalgic local color...engrossing - Chicago Sun TimesA family saga of the first rank - Chattanooga Times