A veterinarian's family in rural New England suffers after his eldest son falls into a coma as a result of a hunting accident, but while he tries to maintain stability and searches for the man responsible for his son's condition, an unexpected visitor arrives and makes a request…
When a hunting accident leaves his son in a coma, the son's veterinarian father tries to find the man responsible while maintaining normalcy for his family until an unexpected visitor asks a favor that will test his resolve and force him to come to terms with what it truly means…
When a hunting accident leaves his son in a coma, the son's veterinarian father tries to find the man responsible while maintaining normalcy for his family until an unexpected visitor asks a favor that will test his resolve and force him to come to terms with what it truly means…
"A wildly inventive, impressionistic novel of family, sickness, and the birth-wrench of art, from a deeply promising young author"-
"A wildly inventive, impressionistic novel of family, sickness, and the birth-wrench of art, from a deeply promising young author"--Provided by publisher.
"A wildly inventive, impressionistic novel of family, sickness, and the birth-wrench of art, from a deeply promising young author"--
"A wildly inventive, impressionistic novel of family, sickness, and the birth-wrench of art, from a deeply promising young author"--
"An account of Louise Erdrich's trip through the lakes and islands of southern Ontario with her 18-month old baby and the baby's father, an Ojibwe spiritual leader and guide"--
After the death of his mother, Paul abandons his family to live life on the edge with his daughter from a previous marriage who is pregnant and living in a run-down council flat, while Cora rebels against her marriage and society.
After the death of his mother, Paul abandons his family to live life on the edge with his daughter from a previous marriage who is pregnant and living in a run-down council flat, while Cora rebels against her marriage and society.
The author questions what it means to be a man today in a series of interlinked autobiographical reflections, regrets, and reexaminations, each sparked by an encounter, in the present, that holds some legacy of the past.