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Love and innocence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe people who live in the village of Meridian handle everything themselves - celebrations, the issues of the day, justice, even the permissibility of love. Two young boys witness one night of unforgettable tragedy. Both finally tell their stories after a chance encounter half a century later. What was the crime? Who was the real victim? In Meridian justice is always done. In Meridian - after a fire - love is The Last Light Spoken. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA novel about children, rules, and the adults who live by them by the author of \u003ci\u003eRoadkill\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eToo Late The Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*****\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlso by Barry Grills: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCock-eyed Voice: Stories \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e- A collection of short stories representing nearly fifty years of publication by author Barry Grills, including the story A Game With Adonis ... so successful the reader squirms in self-recognition (Books in Canada, 1980). These nine finely-crafted stories appeared alongside accomplished authors such as Matt Cohen, John Newlove, Alice Munro, Hugh Hood, Joyce Carol Oates, Kent Thompson, Elizabeth Spencer, Hugh Garner, Mordecai Richler, Morley Callaghan, Andreas Schroeder, Dave Godfrey, David Helwig, and others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOblivion \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e- The author writes well . . . a compelling midlife coming-of-age story (Whistler Independent Book Awards, 2019). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eToo Late the Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e - Psychological thriller about the interweaving of the lives of three men ... Grills writes masterful description  His phrases gave me goosebumps more than once ... a bingeworthy novel  (Author Marla J. 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Barry Grills ... in his first memoir ...  writes] a moving story of friendship and transformation, and anyone who has ever longed to companionate with wild creatures will be transfixed (Winnipeg Free Press, 2012).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51095914316049,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51095917330705,"sku":"NIN9781775138990","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1775138992.jpg?v=1751312239"},{"product_id":"cock-eyed-voice-book-barry-grills-9781775138952","title":"Cock-Eyed Voice","description":"Collected short stories representing nearly fifty years of publication by author Barry Grills, including 'A Game With Adonis' ...so successful the reader squirms in self-recognition (Books in Canada, 1980).A past chair of the Writers' Union of Canada, Barry Grills is an experienced journalist, biographer and novelist who has been writing with uninterrupted dedication for more than fifty-five years. This short story collection is a concoction of anecdotal memoir and nine short stories published during the 1970s, 1980s and in the first decade of the new millennium. Let's face it-fifty years is half a century. Barry has written a great deal since then. And a great deal has happened to the writing business during that period. The brief introductory anecdotes catalogue the adversity of the writing business, what has been lost, what has been gained, and the choice a writer has in getting into print. The need to write does not guarantee the economic success of writing as a profession. With 10 books to his credit, including 4 bestselling musical biographies on the lives of Celine Dion (A New Day Dawns (with Jim Brown) and Falling Into You), Alanis Morissette (Ironic), and Anne Murray (Snowbird; all by Quarry Press), Barry Grills has done all right. He's met some interesting people along the way, and fifty years of published writing means fifty years of editors, publishers and other writers--W.J. Barnes, Al Purdy, Caroline Heath, George Bowering, Gail Fox, Myrna and John Metcalf, Clark Blaise, Alistair MacLeod--all of whom had a role in the changing nature of how writing got published then or gets published now. The writing process probably hasn't changed much, historically speaking, but getting it into print has changed a great deal. Barry's introductions to the stories in this volume offer a personal and historic view of how the writing business has changed, and his nine finely-crafted stories appeared alongside accomplished authors such as Matt Cohen, John Newlove, Alice Munro, Hugh Hood, Joyce Carol Oates, Kent Thompson, Elizabeth Spencer, Hugh Garner, Mordecai Richler, Morley Callaghan, Andreas Schroeder, Dave Godfrey, David Helwig, and others. Also by Barry Grills: Too Late the Hunter - Psychological thriller about the interweaving of the lives of three men ... Grills writes masterful description  His phrases gave me goosebumps more than once ... a bingeworthy novel  (Author Marla J. Hayes).I And You, And Me And Her - Stories about men in love with women they can't have ... very detailed and vivid (BookLife Prize, 2018).Roadkill - Set in a compelling dystopian future ... the story develops greater urgency as it progresses. Writing in fluid, lyrical sentences, Grills demonstrates a clear facility with language and tone ... alluring descriptions ... striking prose and an enticing premise allow this novel to stand out within the larger category of dystopian fiction (BookLife Prize, 2018).Shortlisted for the 2018 Whistler Independent Book Awards; 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards FinalistEvery Wolf's Howl - An accomplished author of stories, ... Barry Grills ... in his first memoir ...  writes] a moving story of friendship and transformation, and anyone who has ever longed to companionate with wild creatures will be transfixed (Winnipeg Free Press, 2012).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53689602998545,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53689603293457,"sku":"NIN9781775138952","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781775138952.jpg?v=1781974090"},{"product_id":"i-and-you-and-me-and-her-book-barry-grills-9781775138914","title":"I and You, and Me and Her","description":"Love at first sight. A lost moment. A heartbreaking coincidence. Emotional and heartfelt, 'I And You, And Me And Her' is the story of people for whom love is everything. Tom McNamara secretly suffers over the two women in his life, one he thought was right for him, another he thought was perfect. Destiny has concealed until the eve of his wedding that the two women are actually sisters. Tom wants to do the right thing. Perhaps his authentic self should put out the torch he's been carrying for two decades over his romantic disaster. Perhaps he should tell someone the truth. Now all the people in this tangle must spend Thanksgiving weekend at an empty lodge in Northern Ontario. Having inherited this humble resort from a mother who kept it and its purpose secret, the two sisters must decide what to do with the property. Tom's beginning to think he knows what the two women can do. More importantly, he's beginning to believe he knows what he should do. 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