A Globe 100 pick Difficulty at the Beginning
"This is a work of terrible beauty and grace, a masterpiece fit to contend with the best novels of the last century." — Globe and Mail
Winner, Trade Fiction Book of the Year The Madonna List
"This one is definitely better than The Da Vinci Code" —
Globe and Mail
Set partially in Vancouver, partially on a farm in rural Ontario and partially in West Africa,
Sweetness from Ashes is a novel about family in its various forms.
This is a history of British Columbia’s island children, told in their voices, from their perspectives. Composed of twenty-two stories,
Island Kids is a snapshot of a period and place in time.
Sometimes it’s the little things in life that make all the difference, like chromosomes, sperm, bugs or an endangered seabird that nests in old-growth forests. But, what’s big or what’s little depends entirely on your perspective.
