In this new edition of Alden Nowlan's poignant first novel, published posthumously in 1988, a boy growing up in a small Nova Scotia mill town is abandoned by the young mother he adores. Family relationships, sexual confusions, and the pains of love are rendered with deep and authentic feeling. This is an essential book for all readers who have admired the work of this major Canadian writer.
- ISBN10 0864925468
- ISBN13 9780864925466
- Publish Date 27 November 2009 (first published 1 January 1988)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Goose Lane Editions
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 298
- Language English