Another author from B.C. writing about life in the backwoods years ago. Very dense, heavy storyline. He is basically contrasting two different ways of being in the world - good people whose present is shaped by, twisted by, traumatic experiences from the past (in this case, mostly war, though there is also a young native girl who has experienced the religious residential school system, and basically kidnapping by nuns. Then there is the family, homesteaders, who live wholly in the present - and who are seen as a bit simple by many of the townspeople.
A dense read - some of the description, some of the dialogue, some of the events. But very good.
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