Contemporary Atlantic gothic fiction inspired by Nova Scotia's
notorious Goler clan.
I move around the side of the house. There is a thick mass of shrubs on
the north-east side. Juniper, and caragana gone wild. Without thinking,
I pluck a flower and put it into my mouth, savouring the delicate
yellowness of its flavour. Now when did I learn to do that? Who first
put a caragana blossom on my tongue?
Emma G. Weaver easily loses herself in history. She's much more
comfortable imagining the lives of the dead than getting involved with
the living. She pushes down nagging questions about her own history, but
when her Master's research leads her from her safe and comfortable life
in Edmonton, Alberta, back to the south shore of Nova Scotia, those
questions can't help but bubble to the surface. And Emma soon finds that
the lives of the dead are inextricably linked to the lives of the
living, that secrets don't stay hidden forever--and that everything
changes when they come to light.
Inspired by the true story of the notorious Goler clan of Nova Scotia's
Annapolis Valley, this work of contemporary Atlantic gothic fiction
troubles the boundaries between myth and truth, villains and victims.
