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Title

Rock reject : a novel / by Jim Williams ; [editing: Sandra McIntyre].

Author

Williams, Jim, 1949-

Publication

Black Point, N.S. : Roseway Pub., c2012.

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Additional Authors

McIntyre, Sandra, 1970-

Description

249 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

Wracked with guilt and self-loathing after the death of his wife, Peter abandons his life in Toronto for one of exile and desolation in rock reject, a ghastly mountain-top asbestos mine in northern British Columbia. As Peter adapts to his dangerous new surroundings, he witnesses the devastating effects of mining on the health of his fellow miners, the environment and the nearby Aboriginal community. Drawn into the local miners' union and safety committee, Peter's confrontations with company officials give him the strength to come to terms with the tragic consequences of his self-centered behaviour, which led to his wife's death. Set in the 1970s - at a time when the dangers of asbestos first began to surface - Rock Reject is a story about accepting responsibility for one's actions, corporate irresponsibility and the blind pursuit of profit at the expense of physical and environmental health.

Subject

• Asbestos mines and mining > British Columbia > Fiction
• Asbestos > Health aspects > Fiction
• British Columbia, Northern > Fiction

Genre/Form

• Fiction
• Novels

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9781552665169
• 155266516X

LCCN

^^2012451436

OCLC

794618815

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library