Liberty Street
by Dianne Warren
From the Governor General's Award–winning author of Cool Water comes a poignant, often witty new novel about being a square peg in a round holeTwenty years into her relationship, sharp-edged Frances Moon surprises her partner, Ian, by blurting out long-held secrets she never intended to share. The reverberations are enough to drive them apart, forcing Frances back to her mother's old rental property on Liberty Street in her hometown of Elliot. Frances finds that coming home again is not helping her face up to a string of bad decisions, but just reminding her why she made them in the first place.From childhood, Frances has always been at odds with the world—being on her own at school, continually disappointing the mother she once revered, rushing headlong into an ill-suited marriage. But there are good memories, too—of closeness to a father determined to run his farm despite his failing eyesight; of a glimpse of kindness from the...