INSCRIBED BY JOSEPH BOYDEN on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; light wear to edges of dust jacket; light corner wear; otherwise very minimal wear; An astonishingly powerful novel of contemporary aboriginal life, full of the dangers and harsh beauty of both forest and city. Through Black Spruce is set in Moosonee, Ontario and is narrated by Will Bird and his niece Annie Bird with the narration switching between chapters. Will, a former bush pilot, is in a coma. Over the course of the novel Will recounts the events of the previous year which led to him being in a coma to his nieces, Annie and Suzanne. Meanwhile, in the present day, Annie recounts the previous year of her life and her sojourns to Toronto, Montreal, New York City and Moose Factory Ontario to see Will in an attempt to help to revive him from his coma. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket Hardcover Viking 4th Printing 2008 Toronto, ON, Canada
