Starlight

The final novel from Richard Wagamese, the bestselling and beloved author of Indian Horse and Medicine Walk, centres on an abused woman on the run who finds refuge and then redemption on a farm run by an Indigenous man with wounds of his own. A radiant novel about the redemptive power of love, mercy, and compassion—and the land's ability to heal us.Franklin Starlight has long settled into a quiet and predictable life working his remote farm. But his contemplative existence is turned upside down by the sudden arrival of Emmy, a woman who has committed a desperate act so she and her child can escape a harrowing life of violence. After Starlight takes Emmy and her daughter in to help them get back on their feet, this accidental family changes them in ways they never could have imagined. But Emmy's abusive ex isn't content to just let her go. He wants revenge and will stop at nothing to hunt her down. Starlight was unfinished at the time of...