Notes from Exile: On Being Acadian Book

There are three cleverly interwoven strands in Notes from Exile. In the first, Clive Doucet, the author, tells his own story and his own search for identity. In the second, he tells the story of the Acadian people, how they were the first settlers from the Old World to establish a new and distinct identity in the New World after their arrival in 1604. Expelled from the area around the Bay of Fundy during the Seven Years' War between the French and the English, they fled - to France, to Louisiana (the only North American colony of France left at the time) and elsewhere, some returning to Maritime Canada a generation later. In the third strand, Doucet takes us on a journey to the first ever reunion of Acadian people since their expulsion from Acadie in 1755. The reunion, know as the Congres mondial acadien, took place in New Brunswick in 1994.

About the Author:

Clive Doucet has written poetry, television scripts, novels and plays. He is best known for his 1980 memoir My Grandfather's Cape Breton. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.