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Fearnoch

Fearnoch

Current price: $22.95
Publication Date: July 7th, 2022
Publisher:
Breakwater Books
ISBN:
9781550819410
Pages:
240

Description

***2023 IPPY AWARDS: CANADA EAST FICTION - BRONZE MEDAL***

***2022 FOREWORD INDIES BOOK AWARD - FINALIST***

Steinbeck meets Miriam Toews in this insightful and illuminating debut about the decline of rural Canada and the meaning of community.

Welcome to Fearnoch, an undistinguished Ottawa Valley farming hamlet in its twilight. The deterioration of the once fruitful way of life in this small town is explored through the lives and trajectories of its inhabitants. The narration winds into and over the characters to sow differing viewpoints on the death of the family farm, incarcerated youths, falling in love at the town dump, and the coming storm. The novel is a plea for its characters to remember humility, honesty, and to see themselves in their neighbour, before it's all gone.