Nights Below Station Street

by RICHARDS, DAVID ADAMS

• ISBN13: 9780771074677
• ISBN10: 0771074670
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Emblem Editions

Summary

David Adams Richards' Governor General's Award-winning novel is a powerful tale of resignation and struggle, fierce loyalties and compassion. This book is the first in Richards' acclaimed Miramichi trilogy. Set in a small mill town in northern New Brunswick, it draws us into the lives of a community of people who live there, including: Joe Walsh, isolated and strong in the face of a drinking problem; his wife, Rita, willing to believe the best about people; and their teenage daughter Adele, whose nature is rebellious and wise, and whose love for her father wars with her desire for independence. Richards' unforgettable characters are linked together in conflict, and in articulate love and understanding. Their plight as human beings is one we share. From the Hardcover edition.

Author Biography

<b>David Adams Richards</b> was born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, in 1950. He has published ten acclaimed novels, including the award-winning Miramichi trilogy – <i>Nights Below Station Street</i>, winner of the 1988 Governor General’s Award; <i>Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace</i> (1990), winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award; and <i>For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down</i> (1993), winner of the Thomas Raddall Award – <i>Hope in the Desperate Hour</i> (1996), <i>The Bay of Love and Sorrows</i> (1998), and, most recently, <i>Mercy Among the Children</i> (2000), co-winner of the prestigious Giller Prize. In 1993, Richards received the Canada-Australia Prize.<br><br>Richards has also published three non-fiction books, most recently the Governor General&