Icefields
by Thomas Wharton | 
Remembering the Bones
by Frances Itani | 
The Romantic
by Barbara Gowdy | 
A Good House
by Bonnie Burnard | 
Medicine River
by Thomas King |
A Boy of Good Breeding
by Miriam Toews | 
The Englishman's Boy
by Guy Vanderhaeghe | 
Leaven of Malice
by Robertson Davies | 
The Cure For Death By Lightning
by Gail Anderson-Dargatz | 
Who Has Seen the Wind
by W. O. Mitchell | 
The Underpainter
by Jane Urquhart | 
The Last Crossing
by Guy Vanderhaeghe | 
The Way the Crow Flies
by Ann-Marie MacDonald | 
Small Ceremonies
by Carol Shields | 
Headhunter
by Timothy Findley | 
Washington Black
by Esi Edugyan | 
The Cat's Table
by Michael Ondaatje | 
The Virgin Cure
by Ami McKay | 
The Sea Captain's Wife
by Beth Powning | 
Barkskins
by Annie Proulx |
A tragic event sends a small town reeling in Mary Swan's brilliant, Scotiabank Giller-nominated The Boys in the Trees, a haunting exploration of one family's desperation. For the first time in Vintage Canada. William, his wife and 2 daughters, new immigrants to a small town in southern Ontario, are the picture of a devoted family. But when he is accused of embezzlement, William commits an unthinkable crime, and those who believed him to be an affectionate, attentive father are brought up short. Mary Swan examines the intricate and unexpected connections between the people in this close-knit community that continue to echo into the future. In her nuanced, evocative descriptions, a locket contains immeasurable sorrow, trees provide refuge for lost souls and grief clicks into place when a man cocks the cold-steel hammer of a revolver. A supreme literary achievement, The Boys in the Trees offers a chilling story that swells with acutely observed emotion and humanity.