false <![CDATA[Through Black Spruce]]> 3479967 7 Will Bird is a legendary Cree bush pilot, now lying in a coma in a hospital in his hometown of Moose Factory, Ontario. His niece Annie Bird, beautiful and self-reliant, has returned from her own perilous journey to sit beside his bed. Broken in different ways, the two take silent communion in their unspoken kinship, and the story that unfolds is rife with heartbreak, fierce love, ancient blood feuds, mysterious disappearances, fires, plane crashes, murders, and the bonds that hold a family, and a people, together. As Will and Annie reveal their secrets—the tragic betrayal that cost Will his family, Annie’s desperate search for her missing sister, the famous model Suzanne—a remarkable saga of resilience and destiny takes shape. From the dangerous bush country of upper Canada to the drug-fueled glamour of the Manhattan club scene, Joseph Boyden tracks his characters with a keen eye for the telling detail and a rare empathy for the empty places concealed within the heart. Sure to appeal to readers of Louise Erdrich and Jim Harrison, <I>Through Black Spruce</I> establishes Boyden as a writer of startling originality and uncommon power. 3521296 9 9 2008 Through Black Spruce total:250|5:83|4:111|3:43|2:11|1:2| 250 1012 534 77 5 12 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 17:43:25 -0800 2009 Thu Jun 25 19:14:23 -0700 2009 Update:
The CBA (Canadian Bestsellers Association) have handed out the 2009 Libris Awards. Joseph won Fiction of the Year for Through Black Spruce. He also won author of the year.

Joseph's skill in making the narrative ring true is remarkable: we learn Will’s story while he lies i...more...]]> 4 3 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 30 21:42:18 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 07 18:08:20 -0800 2009 5 1 false false Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 12:30:37 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 12:39:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Nov 05 14:56:42 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 06:28:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 13:38:16 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 13:44:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jul 23 08:05:58 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 08:06:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 16:42:10 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 16:42:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 11:27:39 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 12:15:50 -0800 2008 Viking Canada 2008 Giller Book Prize Winner
ISBN 978-0-670-06363-5

I love Joseph Boyden’s stories. Through Black Spruce is a triumph well deserving of the Giller prize recently awarded to him.
Some of the main characters in this bo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 16:09:32 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 16:22:29 -0800 2009 Through Black Spruce is a piece of wonderful storytelling, reaching back into a Cree past where the English language was peripheral and families could protect their children from mainstream Canadian education, yet also reaching into a Manhattan present, where there's money to be made from being an "...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 06 12:51:28 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 13:00:26 -0800 2008
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From dust jacket:

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However, I was disappointe...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Oct 25 12:07:08 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 12:09:19 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu May 14 14:39:11 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 14:47:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 15:56:35 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 12 12:14:17 -0700 2009
Boyden may have unnecessarily complicated his novel by using a framing...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 12:51:28 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 19:28:52 -0800 2008
I need to read this again. The writing was some of my favourite kind of writing; poetic plain language. This is really a story about human connect...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 21 18:02:53 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 18 20:27:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 18:47:11 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 18:55:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 01:31:39 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 01:46:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 16:16:10 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 16:19:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3479967