Crow Lake by Mary Lawson

Crow Lake by Mary Lawson

This slow-burning story is set in the rural "badlands" of Northern Ontario, where tragedy and hardship are mirrored in the landscape. It is a universal drama of family love and misunderstandings, of resentments harboured and driven underground.

Beautifully written, carefully balanced, Mary Lawson constructs a history of sacrifice, emotional isolation and family love without sounding a false note * Daily Mail *
Full of blossoming insights and emotional acuity..a compelling and serious page-turner * Observer *
Lawson's evocative storytelling...knows just how to draw the reader on...this is a novel of disappointed hopes and self-delusion, but it has a feel-good finish. Move over Lake Wobegon * Spectator *
A novel of a darkly unpredictable and compelling kind. It is a wise book * Financial Times *

Mary Lawson’s first novel, Crow Lake, was loved by critics and readers all over the world; it was translated into 26 languages and published in 29 countries. It was a New York Times bestseller, won the McKitterick Prize and spent 75 weeks on the bestseller lists in her native Canada. Her second novel, The Other Side of the Bridge, was longlisted for the Booker Prize and selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club. Road Ends, published in 2014, was described by the New York Times as ‘tender and surprising . . . a vivid and evocative tale’. A Town Called Solace was an instant bestseller in Canada and longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize. Mary came to England in the 1960s, and lives in Kingston-upon-Thames.

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ISBN 13	9780099429326
ISBN 10	0099429322
Title	Crow Lake
Author	Mary Lawson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2003-02-06
Number of pages	352
Prizes	Winner of McKitterick Prize 2003
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.