There is much to like in this collection of loosely linked short stories. Number one on my list would have to be the story "Hudson Bay, In Winter", which is convincing in its depiction of the far north (not that I've ever been there). I see from the author bio that he has lived there working as a...
In Rankin Inlet, a small town bordering the Arctic Ocean, the lives of the Inuit are gradually changing. The caribou and seals are no longer plentiful, and Western commerce has come to the community through a proposed diamond mine. Victoria Robertson wakes to a violent storm, her three children s...
The sky was still black and the morning birdsong was building. He sat and listened to it for a few minutes while he tried to decide if it would be possible to go back to sleep. Since he had to consciously stop his thoughts from racing, he concluded there would be no more sleeping. He did not reme...
She and Lester wrote to one another frequently. She found a job that she liked, Lester learned, and she was pleased that she didn’t have to work nights anymore. In the ensuing years they rarely alluded to the barrel ride, but notwithstanding the troubles the couple had had beforehand, Lester unde...