Hope in the Desperate Hour - Softcover

Richards, David Adams

Softcover

ISBN 10: 077107459X ISBN 13: 9780771074592

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

<b>David Adams Richards</b> was born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, in 1950. He has published ten acclaimed novels, including the award-winning Miramichi trilogy – <i>Nights Below Station Street</i>, winner of the 1988 Governor General’s Award; <i>Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace</i> (1990), winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award; and <i>For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down</i> (1993), winner of the Thomas Raddall Award – <i>Hope in the Desperate Hour</i> (1996), <i>The Bay of Love and Sorrows</i> (1998), and, most recently, <i>Mercy Among the Children</i> (2000), co-winner of the prestigious Giller Prize. In 1993, Richards received the Canada-Australia Prize.<br><br>Richards has also published three non-fiction books, most recently the Governor General&

From the Inside Flap

ll 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. <i>Hope in the Desperate Hour</i> 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 077107459X
• ISBN 13: 9780771074592
• Binding: Paperback