Through Black Spruce

From internationally acclaimed author Joseph Boyden comes an astonishingly powerful novel of contemporary Aboriginal life, full of the dangers and harsh beauty of both forest and city. The story is told through the alternating voices of two characters from the Cree community of Moosonee, Northern Ontario: Will Bird, a legendary bush pilot now lying in a coma in the hospital, and his niece Annie Bird, who has returned from her own perilous journey to sit by his side. As Will and Annie reveal their secrets — the tragic betrayal that cost Will his family, Annie's desperate search for her missing sister, the famous model Suzanne — a remarkable saga of resilience and destiny takes shape. Their separate journeys, which span from the dangerous Canadian bush country to the drug-fueled glamour of the Manhattan club scene, lead them both to painful discoveries about the inescapable ties of family and a search for a sense of where they belong in the world. The novel was the winner of the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

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