Minister without portfolio /
Michael Winter.
- 330 pages ; 21 cm.
"First published in Hamish Hamilton hardcover by Penguin Canada Books Inc., 2013"--Title page verso.
Minister Without Portfolio examines the lengths people will go to for a fresh start. As he struggles to get back on his feet following a difficult breakup, a St. John's man travels to Afghanistan as a civilian contractor, then to Alberta for a dangerous job in the oil field and finally back to Newfoundland, where he has a chance to build a home.