Heron River

Hugh Cook

• 27 september 2023
• 9781734685992

Samenvatting:

Heron River is a deeply moving exploration of human error and redemption,tragedy and triumph, set in the supposed safety of a small Ontario town.The novel confronts the necessary possibilities for human forgiveness andlove amidst adversity.The threads of the characters' lives are intricately interwoven. MadelineHarbottle, a woman with a gradually debilitating illness, seeks solace from thepain of the past and the challenges of the present. Her son Adam, damaged froma tragic childhood accident, finds security in his routine existence, until he fallsprey to a cunning deception. Jacob Cunningham, a gifted thirteen-year-old boy,harbors a dark secret that he must confront in order to be whole. A young policeofficer named Tara Burnaby tries to solve a puzzling string of break-ins followingthe murder of an elderly woman, and the previously staid small town reactsanxiously to the fact of a killer in their midst.Heron River probes the fierce bonds of family, the tragic consequences ofhuman failure, and the persistent reverberations of history and memory.