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Friday Finds (Feb 12)

February 12, 2010 by Darlene


Friday Finds hosted by Should Be Reading asks us to share what great books we heard about or discovered in the past week.


My pick this week is Deloume Road by Matthew Hooton which was released on February 9, 2010 by Knopf Canada. Here’s a bit about it from Amazon.ca:

From a breathtakingly talented new writer: a beautifully written, gripping novel that weaves storytelling magic, life, love, and tragedy into the beauty of the Canadian landscape.

Deloume Road takes us into a hot August month on Vancouver Island during the first Gulf War, to a small rural community where the children’s lives play out unchangingly in the woods and secret places – until they discover an object from the past that will come to haunt them all. Slowly we discover how intertwined are the lives of recent comers with long established neighbours: a Ukrainian butcher who yearns for his wife and small son left behind – and learns something disturbing; a widowed Korean girl who fears for the life of the baby she is carrying; a Native artist whose pilot son has crashed in the wilderness… And behind them all, the shadow of Gerard Deloume, whose suicide in 1899 set off a sequence of events that erupt a century later with violent, tragic consequences.

Matthew Hooton, with lovely skill, and an assured voice, creates an indelible sense of a small community along a country road and the ties that bind us, celebrating the differences and connections between the Korean language and English, between losing a loved one to war and pulling the trigger, about summer and the first rain….

I think this sounds great and it has a fantastic cover as well. What about you? What did you find this week?

Darlene

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  1. softdrink says

    February 12, 2010 at 1:51 pm

    It does sound great…and the cover is gorgeous!

  2. bermudaonion says

    February 12, 2010 at 2:39 pm

    This one has caught my eye too!

  3. carla says

    February 12, 2010 at 2:43 pm

    That sounds really good!
    The cover is spectacular!

  4. Vivienne says

    February 12, 2010 at 6:37 pm

    Ooh this looks good. I love the storyline.

  5. Matthew Hooton says

    February 12, 2010 at 7:01 pm

    Hi there, I normally don't post on blogs, but I think you've got a great site going here (and for the record, an addiction to books isn't such a bad thing- you're in good company).

    Quick note: the cover was designed by Kelly Hill at Random House Canada, who has also done covers for Miriam Toews. She's brilliant.

    All the best.

  6. Alayne says

    February 12, 2010 at 7:09 pm

    Sounds really intriguing. My pick is at The Crowded Leaf.

  7. Amanda Leigh says

    February 12, 2010 at 8:07 pm

    That does sound like a very good read and the cover is absolutely beautiful!

    Here are my finds: Not-Really-Southern Vamp Chick

  8. Sandy Nawrot says

    February 12, 2010 at 8:34 pm

    What a great find! I'm off to see what the library has going with this one.

  9. Diane says

    February 12, 2010 at 8:41 pm

    WOW..great cover and a great sounding story. What more could we ask for? Thanks Dar

  10. Dar says

    February 12, 2010 at 10:30 pm

    Matthew, thanks so much for stopping by and commenting. I appreciate it. I'll be reading your novel soon and can't wait!

    Thanks everyone for popping in to my Friday Finds!

  11. Ti says

    February 12, 2010 at 10:58 pm

    This sounds wonderful and the cover is so beautiful.

  12. Jennifer @ Mrs. Q: Book Addict says

    February 13, 2010 at 2:49 am

    Oh, this one sounds really good! i'm going to add it to my tbr list.

  13. Staci says

    February 13, 2010 at 3:03 am

    This has some great story lines in it…definitely a winner!

  14. Lauren says

    February 13, 2010 at 3:59 am

    You have an award at my blog! 🙂

  15. Stephanie says

    February 14, 2010 at 2:19 pm

    This sounds terrific! I am adding it to my TBR list.

  16. Susan Helene Gottfried says

    February 15, 2010 at 7:37 pm

    Just dropping in to say hi 'cause I can. 😀

  17. Sheila (Bookjourney) says

    February 15, 2010 at 10:23 pm

    This one does sound good!

  18. Veens says

    February 16, 2010 at 7:58 am

    i totally LOVE that cover!! It sounds good too!!

  19. Zibilee says

    February 16, 2010 at 10:20 pm

    Oh, I am very curious to find out what the haunting object is! Great pick, I will be looking out for this one when it becomes available!

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