Thanks to Alex Knight of Hachette Book Group U.S., I am giving away one print copy of ‘His Whole Life’ by Elizabeth Hay.
Description of His Whole Life by Elizabeth Hay
Starting with something as simple as a boy who wants a dog, His Whole Life takes us into a richly intimate world where everything that matters to him is at risk: family, nature, home.
At the outset ten-year-old Jim and his Canadian mother and American father are on a journey from New York City to a lake in eastern Ontario during the last hot days of August. What unfolds is a completely enveloping story that spans a few pivotal years of his youth. Moving from city to country, summer to winter, wellbeing to illness, the novel charts the deepening bond between mother and son even as the family comes apart.
Set in the mid-1990s, when Quebec is on the verge of leaving Canada, this captivating novel is an unconventional coming of age story as only Elizabeth Hay could tell it. It draws readers in with its warmth, wisdom, its vivid sense of place, its searching honesty, and nuanced portrait of the lives of one family and those closest to it. Hay explores the mystery of how members of a family can hurt each other so deeply, and remember those hurts in such detail, yet find openings that shock them with love and forgiveness. This is vintage Elizabeth Hay at the height of her powers.
About Elizabeth Hay
Elizabeth Hayis the author of the #1 nationally bestselling novel Alone in the Classroom, the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning novel Late Nights On Air, as well as three other award-winning works of fiction, A Student of Weather, Garbo Laughs, and Small Change. Formerly a radio broadcaster, she spent a number of years in Mexico and New York City before returning to Canada. She lives in Ottawa.
Giveaway of His Whole Life by Elizabeth Hay
This giveaway is open to the U.S. only and ends on December 12, 2015. Entries are accepted via Rafflecopter only.
This novel interests me greatly for the story, setting and growing up in Quebec and Ont. this resonates with me as does the story. Thanks.
I love coming of age stories. Thanks for the giveaway!
What a great sounding book. Familiar settings and conflicts from a proven author. Thanks for the chance to win it, Teddy.
Thank you for covering this novel and author, which/who are new to me (sadly this is probably the case because Hay is a Canadian writer), and the chance to win. I am always interested in literary fiction of this apparent caliber and am very happy to learn about this author (at long last, apparently). Thanks and cheers, Kara S
I have not read much about this time in Canadian history (which was not that long ago). I think the topic sounds fascinating.
Sounds like a great coming of age story. Thanks for the giveaway.
After reading the review I put this on my TBR list in Goodreads. I like the concept of family , coming of age and also some Canadian history.