Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace

Review“The richness and resonance of Richards’s voice is unique in Canadian fiction.…Strong and passionate, moving and compelling – a novel that will not soon be forgotten.”–*Quill & Quire“Vivid and assured.…This book is first class.”–Edmonton Journal“Well shaped and has a rich emotional resonance that is deeply satisfying and timeless.”–Winnipeg Free Press“Read this wonderful book.…Every smell and taste and season of the Miramichi Valley is evoked longingly.”–B.C. Reader*From the Hardcover edition.Product DescriptionCindi and Ivan Basterache have been married only twenty months. There is a disagreement over a loan, and rumours of violence in the ensuing quarrel begin to spread throughout the northern New Brunswick mill town in which they live, setting in motion a series of events and misunderstandings. As Ivan struggles to reconcile with Cindi, the community turns against him, fuelled by his father’s self-deluded lies and misguided attempts to set things right, exposing the other side of good intentions and leading to the novel’s powerful conclusion. Disturbing, tender-hearted, and at times darkly humorous, Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace reveals the strange unrecognized power in us all to shape one another’s destinies.From the Hardcover edition.