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Hope In The Desperate Hour
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Set in a small town in New Brunswick, this intricate, multi-layered novel revolves around the hapless Shackle family. There is Garth, a promising hockey player whose career has been destroyed; Vicki, his beautiful, self-destructive wife; and Garth’s brother Neil, a successful academic haunted by the life and family he has left behind. Then there is Peter Bathurst, a former Micmac leader desperate to stave off an investigation into his mishandling of band money. Peter’s only hope may be Vicki Shackle, and as the story of their lives unfolds and intersects over the course of a single day, events lead to the novel’s dramatic climax. Hope in the Desperate Hour is a riveting and unforgettable novel that brilliantly juxtaposes the world of the privileged elite with the reality of those to whom life has dealt very different cards.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.22 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 1.38 × 13.77 × 21.24 cm |
| PubliCanadation City/Country | Canada |
| by | |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 232 |
| Publisher | |
| Year Published | 2001-8-13 |
| Imprint | |
| ISBN 10 | 0771075138 |
| About The Author | DAVID ADAMS RICHARDS is one of Canada's pre-eminent writers. His recent novels include Mary Cyr and Principles to Live By, as well as Crimes Against My Brother and Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul, both of which were longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Among his other novels, The Lost Highway was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award and nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize; The Friends of Meagre Fortune won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book; Mercy Among the Children won the Scotiabank Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award and the Trillium Award. Richards is also the author of the celebrated Miramichi Triology and has written four bestselling books of nonfiction, Lines on the Water, God Is, Facing the Hunter and Hockey Dreams, and most recently the collection of essays Murder. In 2017, David Adams Richards was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. |
“Richards’ prose is bared-to-the-bone and as hard as flint. . . . Compelling. . . .” —Globe and Mail “The deft, understated artistry with which Richards conveys his vision is exhilarating. . . . [He] has spun a beguiling tale.” —Maclean’s “He portrays the nobility of the human spirit even in failure and the inevitable failures of being human. A profoundly moral book, Hope in the Desperate Hour is generous and sympathetic.” —eye Magazine “[Richards is] a gifted writer whose fiction is among the most powerful in Canada today.” —London Free Press |
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