This unusual, sometimes quirky, road book works like a mosaic. Its stones are the brief histories, candid snapshots, curious anecdotes, insights, reflections, and stories to make you smile. The big picture is a moving portrait of a little known but historically important corner of Canada - Quebec's Eastern Townships. Nick Fonda masterfully puts you behind the wheel - sometimes in the train's engine - and lets you meander through the Townships to meet the people who make the places unique and where the famous two solitudes have grown entwined. With new and thoughtful illustrations, Denis Palmer captures Nick Fonda's take on a part of the world that deserves to be better known.