The Fisher Queen: A Deckhand's Tales of the BC Coast is an edited collection that turns attention to the modern homefront. Compiled by Barb Howard and Joan Dixon, the book gathers 14 writers who reflect on how military service and conflict reach into everyday life.

Contributors examine family ties, fate, loss and remembrance with a mix of candid emotion and wry humour. Essays move between personal memory and broader cultural observation, giving readers varied first‑person perspectives on grief, anger and endurance.

Contributors include Melanie Murray, Scott Waters, Ryan Flavelle and Chris Turner. Those interested in memoir, contemporary history and social essays will find layered, human accounts that linger after the final page.

Highlights

• Fourteen original essays on the military homefront
• Themes of memory, family and resilience
• Diverse first‑person voices and editorial context

Heritage House Publishing Co, 2012. 207 pages, paperback. ISBN 9781927051535.

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