Lethbridge unfold in disparate locales, from London to Boston, from Maine to
Niagara Falls, from the trenches of wartime France to the military hospitals of
England. Yet the lives of its three protagonists come together in one place: the
frontier western Canadian city of Lethbridge, Alberta.
Inspired by a true story, Lethbridge author Terry McConnell tells the tale of
an English lad abandoned by his family, and a young American escaping the
tyranny of his own father. Both come to Lethbridge in search of a future and find
themselves drawn to a pretty Scottish immigrant who struggles with her own sense
of destiny. What follows charts the future for all three in ways none of them could
have foreseen. This is their story.
TERRY McCONNELL is an author, consultant, and former journalist. Lethbridge is his fifth and most recent book.
McConnell’s career in newspapers spanned 38 years and earned him several provincial and national awards of excellence. He was elected president of the Ontario Community Newspapers Association in 1986 and its national counterpart in 1993. His newspapering career concluded in 2011 with the Edmonton Journal, one of Canada’s largest newspapers, where he was an editorial writer and a popular columnist. He later moved to Palm Springs, California, where he worked as a communications consultant. The father of five and grandfather of seven returned to Edmonton with his wife Victoria in 2018.