The Ruby Glass Mugs

The Ruby Glass Mugs is a story of human resilience. George Burges, a very ordinary man living in a very ordinary industrial town in Central Ontario, Canada, manages to survive through multiple personal losses and yet lives on to know and to love his great-grandchildren.

The story unfolds during the 76 years between the 1910 and the 1986 passing of Halley's comet. During this period we follow George and his family through the growing pains of their young country, emerging through war and financial depressions to stand proudly within todays community of nations.

The cast of characters include: The McLaughlin family, emerging giants of Canadian industry, humble Ukrainian immigrants attempting to build new lives in an unwelcoming city, a busybody neighbour and a lonely spinster with a tragic secret who enters the Burges lives.