{"product_id":"notes-from-exile-on-being-acadian-9780771028410","title":"Notes From Exile: On Being Acadian","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat it means to be a people without a nation is one of the more haunting problems of our times. In the twentieth century  this has been an immense issue for Jews  for the Romanies  and for African-Americans; it has been a question for Acadians for more than 350 years.  In 1755  in retribution for their refusal to bear arms  all Acadians were deported from their homeland around the Bay of Fundy in what is today Canadas Maritime region. Ever since  they have worked hard to keep a sense of their identity as Acadians  no matter whether they lived in New Brunswick or Louisiana  Nova Scotia or Texas.  Clive Doucet has wrestled with the question of Acadian identity since his childhood  when he spent some unforgettable summers with his paternal grandparents in an Acadian village in Nova Scotia and others with his maternal grandparents in London  England. In 1994  he joined with a quarter of a million other Acadians in their first ever reunion as a people  in New Brunswick  Canada. It inspired him to write Notes from Exile  which is in part a charming story of his childhood holidays  a heartwarming account of les Retrouvailles  and an eye-opening history of the Acadians  woven into a whole by a thoughtful  challenging consideration of what it means to be Acadian in a world without Acadie.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45960690663477,"sku":"ByrdShop_0771028415","price":37.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780771028410.jpg?v=1788292469","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/notes-from-exile-on-being-acadian-9780771028410","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}