The Boys in the Trees

by Mary Swan

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A tragic event sends a small town reeling in Mary Swan's brilliant, Scotiabank Giller-nominated The Boys in the Trees, a haunting exploration of one family's desperation. For the first time in Vintage Canada.

William, his wife and 2 daughters, new immigrants to a small town in southern Ontario, are the picture of a devoted family. But when he is accused of embezzlement, William commits an unthinkable crime, and those who believed him to be an affectionate, attentive father are brought up short. Mary Swan examines the intricate and unexpected connections between the people in this close-knit community that continue to echo into the future. In her nuanced, evocative descriptions, a locket contains immeasurable sorrow, trees provide refuge for lost souls and grief clicks into place when a man cocks the cold-steel hammer of a revolver.

A supreme literary achievement, The Boys in the Trees offers a chilling story that swells with acutely observed emotion and humanity.

  • ISBN10 0805086706
  • ISBN13 9780805086706
  • Publish Date 22 January 2008
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 27 June 2013
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Henry Holt & Company
  • Edition American ed.
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 207
  • Language English