{"product_id":"august-into-winter-paperback-by-guy-vanderhaeghe","title":"August Into Winter Paperback by Guy Vanderhaeghe","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                    \n                        \n                            \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                            \u003cul\u003e\n                                \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eMcClelland \u0026amp; Stewart\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2023-01-03)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e480\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780771070570\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e385.56\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.98 x 5.32 x 1.26\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\n                            \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER of the 2022 Glengarry Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first novel in nearly a decade from the three-time Governor General's Award‒winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAugust Into Winter\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic story of crime and retribution, of war and its long shadow, and of the redemptive possibilities of love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou carried the past into the future on your back, its knees and arms hugging you tighter with every step.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1939, with the world on the brink of global war, when Constable Hotchkiss confronts the spoiled, narcissistic man-child Ernie Sickert about a rash of disturbing pranks in their small prairie town. Outraged and cornered, Ernie commits an act of unspeakable violence, setting in motion a course of events that will change forever the lives of all in his wake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith Loretta Pipe—the scrappy twelve-year-old he idealizes as the love of his life—in tow, Ernie flees town. In close pursuit is Corporal Cooper, who enlists the aid of two brothers, veterans of World War One: Jack, a sensitive, spiritual man with a potential for brutal violence; and angry, impetuous Dill, still recovering from the premature death of his wife who, while on her deathbed, developed an inexplicable obsession with the then-teenaged Ernie Sickert.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a powerful storm floods the prairie roads, wreaking havoc, Ernie and Loretta take shelter in a one-room schoolhouse where they are discovered by the newly arrived teacher, Vidalia Taggart. Vidalia has her own haunted past, one that has driven her to this stark and isolated place with only the journals of her lover Dov, recently killed in the Spanish Civil War, for company. Dill, arriving at the schoolhouse on Ernie's trail, falls hard and fast for Vidalia—but questions whether he can compete with the impossible ideal of a dead man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGuy Vanderhaeghe, writing at the height of his celebrated powers, has crafted a tale of unrelenting suspense against a backdrop of great moral searching and depth. His is a canvas of lavish, indelible detail: of character, of landscape, of history—in all their searing beauty but all their ugliness, too. Vanderhaeghe does not shrink from the corruption, cruelty, and treachery that pervade the world. Yet even in his clear-eyed depiction of evil—a depiction that frequently and delightfully turns darkly comic—he will not deny the possibility of love, of light. With \u003ci\u003eAugust Into Winter\u003c\/i\u003e, Guy Vanderhaeghe has given us a masterfully told, masterfully timed story for our own troubled hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                            \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                            \u003cp\u003eGUY VANDERHAEGHE was born in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, in 1951. His previous fiction includes \u003ci\u003eA Good Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Englishman's Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThings as They Are\u003c\/i\u003e (stories), \u003ci\u003eHomesick\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Present Age\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMan Descending\u003c\/i\u003e (stories), and \u003ci\u003eDaddy Lenin and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. Among the many awards he has received are the Governor General's Awards (three times); and, for his body of work, the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Fellowship, the Writers' Trust Timothy Findley Award, and the Harbourfront Literary Prize. He has received many honours including the Order of Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \n                    \n                    \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43151194456225,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780771070570","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/products\/9780771070570.jpg?v=1692023605","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/august-into-winter-paperback-by-guy-vanderhaeghe","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}