Identity: Ken Harvey - The Town That Forgot How To Breathe

Ken Harvey's The Town That Forgot How To Breathe is an exciting and fast-paced novel that portrays what can happen to people when they lose their identity...

The people react against the invading culture or the loss of identity. A mass hypnosis kicks in, one that everybody believes because they have to, in order to survive. Mentally, I mean. Survive beyond what has been taken away from them.
- The Town That Forgot How To Breathe

The connection between breathing and identity is wonderful, and Ken's story-telling abilities are finely tuned. Set in an isolated village in Newfoundland, Ken brilliantly unravels a moving tale of a community enduring inexplicable events that challenge their physical and psychological survival.

They told the story of the time that the people of Bareneed forgot how to breathe, until they came to recognize who they truly were and, through the turmoil of calamity, reclaimed their lives as their blessed own.
- The Town That Forgot How To Breathe

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