Through black spruce : a novel / Joseph Boyden.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Viking, 2009.Edition: 1st American edDescription: 360 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0670020575
- 9780670020577
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Fiction | Boyden, Joseph | Available | 33111005632720 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A haunting novel about identity, love, and loss by the author of Three Day Road Will Bird is a legendary Cree bush pilot, now lying in a coma in a hospital in his hometown of Moose Factory, Ontario. His niece Annie Bird, beautiful and self-reliant, has returned from her own perilous journey to sit beside his bed. Broken in different ways, the two take silent communion in their unspoken kinship, and the story that unfolds is rife with heartbreak, fierce love, ancient blood feuds, mysterious disappearances, fires, plane crashes, murders, and the bonds that hold a family, and a people, together. As Will and Annie reveal their secretsÂthe tragic betrayal that cost Will his family, AnnieÂs desperate search for her missing sister, the famous model SuzanneÂa remarkable saga of resilience and destiny takes shape. From the dangerous bush country of upper Canada to the drug-fueled glamour of the Manhattan club scene, Joseph Boyden tracks his characters with a keen eye for the telling detail and a rare empathy for the empty places concealed within the heart. Sure to appeal to readers of Louise Erdrich and Jim Harrison, Through Black Spruceestablishes Boyden as a writer of startling originality and uncommon power.