THE RIVETER

Set in Canada and Europe during WWII, this moving debut novel tells the story of Josiah Chang, a Canadian logger/riveter of Chinese ancestry. With precision and a clear tone, Feodor Chin recounts Chang's challenges, in particular his love for Poppy, his co-worker at a Vancouver shipyard. Chin is an accomplished narrator who convincingly voices Englishmen and Southern Americans. Oddly, he doesn't deliver the Canadian accent of the western provinces, where much of the action occurs. This is a war novel (Josiah is a heroic paratrooper), a love story (Josiah and Poppy flout convention), and an indictment of restrictive laws on race. Meticulously researched and well written. A.D.M. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2025]