Lucien Firman Cattrysse

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Lucien Cattrysse is a Canadian author of Belgian descent who grew up in the Tobacco Belt of Southwestern Ontario. Based in Ottawa, he's had a long rewarding career as a management consultant supporting clients in Canada and internationally since entering the workforce in 1988. Johnny Sandleaves is his first fictional work, a magnificent and insightful hiatus from technical report writing.

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Books

Johnny Sandleaves

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In the late 1970s, deep in the heart of Southwestern Ontario's Tobacco Belt, a madcap crew of summer students learns what it means to work on a tobacco farm. Each finds their own way to cope with the physical and mental challenges to get through the season.