About the Book

The author of the bestseller The Lost Garden returnswith a luminous novel of intertwining stories that meet in a haunting, movingclimax.

Each evening at dusk, six people gather at the edge of thewoods, calling their dogs to come back to them, dogs that have turned wild andvanished from their lives. Drawn together by need, the group forms its own smallcommunity—until violence strikes unexpectedly.

Humphreys’ graceful writing, her superb eye for detail, hersensitivity and intelligence combine to produce an unforgettable story about thewild in all of us.

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Product Details

• ISBN: 9780006391807
• ISBN 10: 000639180X
• Imprint: Phyllis Bruce Books Perennial
• On Sale: 07/25/2005
• Pages: 208
• List Price:19.99 CAD
• BISAC1 : FICTION / Literary

Helen Humphreys

Biography

HELEN HUMPHREYS is an acclaimed and award-winning author of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. She has won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, a Lambda Literary Award for Fiction and the Toronto Book Award. She has also been a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, the Trillium Book Award and CBC’s Canada Reads. Her most recent work includes the novel Rabbit Foot Bill and the memoir And a Dog Called Fig. The recipient of the Harbourfront Festival Prize for literary excellence, Helen Humphreys lives in Kingston, Ontario. 

Other Works by Helen Humphreys

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  Followed by the Lark

  By Helen Humphreys

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  And a Dog Called Fig

  By Helen Humphreys

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  Rabbit Foot Bill

  By Helen Humphreys