THROUGH BLACK SPRUCE

Viking, Toronto, 2008, 1^st Canadian Edition, 2^nd Printing.  ISBN 978-0-670-06363-5.  Hard cover, 360 pages including Acknowledgments.  Like new; spine ends lightly pushed.  Dust jacket with price intact has very light edge wear.  Interior clean and unmarked.  FLAT SIGNED by author on title page.  Winner of the 2008 Giller Prize.  ‘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, plane crashes, murders, and the bonds that hold a family, and a people, together.  As Will and Annie reveal their secrets – the tragic betrayal that cost Will his family; Annie’s desperate search for her missing sister, the famous model Suzanne – a remarkable saga of resilience and destiny takes shape.  From the dangerous bush country of Northern Ontario to the drug-fuelled glamour of the Manhattan club scene, Joseph Boyden tracks his characters with a keen eye and a rare empathy for the empty places concealed within the heart.’ (from front flap)