One Book, One Brant presents - Ridgerunner by Gil Adamson
Part literary Western, part historical mystery, Gil Adamson's Ridgerunner was the 2020 Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Winner and was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Borrow your copy: Starting Monday, January 9, place a hold on your copy of Ridgerunner. Copies will be made available beginning Tuesday, January 17.
From the publisher ...
November 1917. William Moreland is in mid-flight. After nearly twenty years, the notorious thief, known as the Ridgerunner, has returned. Moving through the Rocky Mountains and across the border to Montana, the solitary drifter, impoverished in means and aged beyond his years, is also a widower and a father. And he is determined to steal enough money to secure his son’s future.
Twelve-year-old Jack Boulton has been left in the care of Sister Beatrice, a formidable nun who keeps him in cloistered seclusion in her grand old house. Though he knows his father is coming for him, the boy longs to return to his family’s cabin, deep in the woods. When Jack finally breaks free, he takes with him something the nun is determined to get back — at any cost.
Set against the backdrop of a distant war raging in Europe and a rapidly changing landscape in the West, Gil Adamson’s follow-up to her award-winning debut, The Outlander, is a vivid historical novel that draws from the epic tradition and a literary Western brimming with a cast of unforgettable characters touched with humour and loss, and steeped in the wild of the natural world.
Read and discuss the book with your community, then gather together on Sunday, March 26 and meet Gil Adamson for an engaging author talk!
Are you reading Ridgerunner to prepare for this year's One Book, One Brant event? Are you looking for like-minded people to discuss the book with?
Join your community and register for an official Ridgerunner Book Club! We'll discuss the 2023 OBOB selection, as well as Gil Adamson's The Outlander, and other titles by the author.
Registration is underway!
| Ridgerunner Book Club - Paris Branch |
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Join us at the Gaukel Memorial Community Centre (7 Gaukel Drive, St. George ON) and listen to acclaimed author, Gil Adamson, speak about her work.
This special author event takes place Sunday, March 26 at 1:30 PM.
Register yourself - or a group of family and friends - or connect with your local library branch and sign up with staff. Register early to save your spot.
About the program
One Book One Brant is our annual celebration of great Canadian literature! We choose a Canadian author and encourage the community to read the book together. The final celebration event is a guest lecture by the chosen author.
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