An Imaged Novel

By Wendy Bullen Stephenson

        A group of international students living in Vancouver for a year becomes infatuated with the city and bonded with each other while one falls in love with a Canadian. Written as a fictional diary, Vancouver Memories: My Year Abroad is a coming of age tale, a travelogue, a love story, and a photographic reminder of why Vancouver is such an easy city to become attached to. Erika is an independent 23-year-old Japanese student who becomes obsessed with a mid-twenties Canadian despite the attention of a compatriot who is trying to win her affection. The novel describes the life-altering experiences of this tight-knit group while they are exposed to West Coast culture. The photographs of seasonal events and the places that students routinely visit during their stay in Vancouver—from Victoria to Whistler and the Rockies—form a backdrop to the story and provide additional insight into the lives of visiting students.

        About one half of the novel is now available on this website and a new chapter is being added at the beginning of each month. To read the novel, click on the links on the Table of Contents page.

Website vancouvermemories.ca: Copyright Wendy Bullen Stephenson, April 2010. All rights reserved.

           ISBN 978-0-9866257-0-1

Last update of this website: September 1, 2010