John Gordon Sinclair

The darkly comic tale of plane crash survivors who take on film stars' personalities

Bright, intelligent, passionate and free, Eleanor is Karl Marx's youngest daughter. Among the first women to link the themes of feminism and socialism, she takes part in the workers' battles and fights for women's rights and the abolition of child labor. In 1883 she meets Edward Aveling and her life is crushed by a passionate but tragic love story.

In 1941, as part of an effort to remain strictly neutral, the Dublin government made a deal with both Berlin and London whereby any soldier, sailor or pilot captured on Irish soil, whether of German or Allied forces, would be interned for the duration of the war. What the Irish failed to tell was that they would intern everybody in the same camp. It is here that Canadian pilot Myles Keogh and German pilot Rudolph Von Stegenbek meet after a fight in which both their planes were downed. Outside the camp, both fall in love with the same woman, an independent Irishwoman who refuses to take steps in their private little war.

Typical family man Charlie is young, healthy, and in the prime of his life. That is, until he's diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Although the cancer is still in the early stages and the prognosis looks good, Charlie chooses to forego medical treatment in favour of natural remedies instead, much to the dismay of his friends, Joel and Tess. Rather than allow their friend's suspicion of modern medicine to sign his death certificate for him, Joel and Tess opt to rent an old mansion, kidnap Charlie, and treat him with regular chemotherapy drugs against his will.