{"product_id":"richard-wagamese-starlight-9780771070877","title":"Starlight","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe final novel from Richard Wagamese, the bestselling and beloved author of\u003ci\u003e Indian Horse\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMedicine Walk\u003c\/i\u003e, centres on an abused woman on the run who finds refuge on a farm owned by an Indigenous man with wounds of his own. A profoundly moving novel about the redemptive power of love, mercy, and compassion--and the land's ability to heal us.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrank Starlight has long settled into a quiet life working his remote farm, but his contemplative existence comes to an abrupt end with the arrival of Emmy, who has committed a desperate act so she and her child can escape a harrowing life of violence. Starlight takes in Emmy and her daughter to help them get back on their feet, and this accidental family eventually grows into a real one. But Emmy's abusive ex isn't content to just let her go. He wants revenge and is determined to hunt her down. \u003cbr\u003e     \u003ci\u003eStarlight \u003c\/i\u003ewas unfinished at the time of Richard Wagamese's death, yet every page radiates with his masterful storytelling, intense humanism, and insights that are as hard-earned as they are beautiful. With astonishing scenes set in the rugged backcountry of the B.C. Interior, and characters whose scars cut deep even as their journey toward healing and forgiveness lifts us, \u003ci\u003eStarlight\u003c\/i\u003e is a last gift to readers from a writer who believed in the power of stories to save us. \u003cb\u003ePraise for Richard Wagamese and \u003ci\u003eStarlight\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eStarlight\u003c\/i\u003e feels fully formed. . . . The prose is both musical and hard-edged, bending to match the rhythms of life in the wild, on the farm and in the desolate skid-row bards of distant cities. A captivating and ultimately uplifting read, and the last we'll enjoy from on of our best writers.\" —\u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"[A] triumph. . . . This is an important story to know and to experience, from an artist cut down at the height of his powers.\" —\u003ci\u003eWinnipeg * Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A wonderful and moving story, both tragic and hopeful.\" —Regina \u003ci\u003eLeader-Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"What Wagamese does with this novel is set stunning scenes and deliver a moving story about the power of family even if it is an accidental one.\" —\u003ci\u003eVancouver Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Richard Wagamese divined the secrets of human scars and knew that broken people are the strangest and most extraordinary people of all.\" —Louise Erdrich, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wagamese manages the nuances of betrayal and redemption with uncommon artistry. \u003ci\u003eMedicine Walk\u003c\/i\u003e is a breathtaking novel of sorrow, hope and polished steel.\" —Thomas King, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Inconvenient Indian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He is such a master of empathy—of delineating the experience of time passing, of lessons being learned, of tragedies being endured—that what [his characters discover] becomes something the reader learns, as well, shocking and alien, valuable and true.\" —Jane Smiley, \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Richard Wagamese's writing is sweet medicine for the soul.\" —Richard Van Camp, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lesser Blessed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"McClelland \u0026 Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815488676182,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/richard-wagamese-starlight-9780771070877","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}