Emancipation Day By Wayne Grady

In 1945, Jack, from a poor black family in Ontario, manages to pass for white. Landed in Newfoundland in a contingent of the Canadian Navy, he meets Vivian, whom he seduces with his musical talents. Will she discover his true identity? How long can we run from ourselves before the past catches up with us? Emancipation Day is a masterful novel that addresses deeply human themes such as family relationships, love and racism at a time when Canada is experiencing great changes at the end of the Second World War.