Winter in the small Canadian town of Solace is a season of hibernation.<\/p>\n
But this year, the snowfall brings a series of accidental encounters that will shake up the lives \u2013 and loves \u2013 of an old man, a student on the run and an abandoned dog. It is deep winter, 1969. As the Vietnam War drives young men north across the Canadian border, widower Jack\u2019s quiet life is overturned by two accidents that happen on the bend in the road into town. First comes a dog in a bad way.<\/p>\n
Next a draft-dodger, seriously injured, lying in the snow. Suddenly, Jack\u2019s cabin is busy with a growing cast of characters \u2013 and all the baggage, dreams and desires they\u2019re carrying. But the atmosphere chills when Jack\u2019s daughter Sally drops by one day and doesn\u2019t like what she sees…<\/p>\n
This exquisite snow globe of a novel is a refuge, a story of connection and moral complexity set in the beloved world of Mary Lawson\u2019s bestselling, prizewinning Crow Lake<\/strong>, The Other Side of the Bridge<\/strong>, Road Ends<\/strong> and A Town Called Solace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pre-order your signed and discounted copy here.<\/p>\n Due to publish 19th November 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n Hardback, 320pp<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":105058,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[4000,9499],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-105056","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-fiction","product_cat-signed-copies-preorder","first","instock","sale","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n