About this book
Cohen's final novel is a wise & triumphant story of one man's efforts to repair himself & the lives of those around him. It tells the touching story of Carl McKelvey, who in mid-life returns to the small town of West Gull, Ontario, to mend his family's legacy of alcohol & violence, to reconnect with his young daughter, & to reconcile himself with the spirit of his beautiful mother, killed several years earlier in a tragic accident.
Carl's only problem is that West Gull won't have him.
Hesitant to forgive his family's tragic legacy, the community still remembers his mother's radiant warmth, her popularity, & the suspicious circumstances of her passing.
Carl realizes that it is up to his own heart, & the hearts of those in West Gull, to allow him a measure of forgiveness.