Mercy Among the Children
by David Adams Richards | 
Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul
by David Adams Richards | 
Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace
by David Adams Richards | 
For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down
by David Adams Richards | 
Nights Below Station Street
by David Adams Richards | 
The Lost Highway
by David Adams Richards | 
The Shipping News
by Annie Proulx | 
Microserfs
by Douglas Coupland | 
The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields | 
Hey Nostradamus!
by Douglas Coupland | 
Family Matters
by Rohinton Mistry | 
Medicine Walk
by Richard Wagamese | 
No Great Mischief
by Alistair MacLeod | 
The Cat's Table
by Michael Ondaatje | 
Unless
by Carol Shields | 
Eleanor Rigby
by Douglas Coupland | 
Annabel
by Kathleen Winter | 
Such a Long Journey
by Rohinton Mistry | 
Green Grass, Running Water
by Thomas King | 
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
by Alice Munro |
Set in a small town in New Brunswick, this intricate, multi-layered novel revolves around the hapless Shackle family. There is Garth, a promising hockey player whose career has been destroyed; Vicki, his beautiful, self-destructive wife; and Garth'??s brother Neil, a successful academic haunted by the life and family he has left behind. Then there is Peter Bathurst, a former Micmac leader desperate to stave off an investigation into his mishandling of band money. Peter'??s only hope may be Vicki Shackle, and as the story of their lives unfolds and intersects over the course of a single day, events lead to the novel'??s dramatic climax. Hope in the Desperate Hour is a riveting and unforgettable novel that brilliantly juxtaposes the world of the privileged elite with the reality of those to whom life has dealt very different cards.