Snow Road Station
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Snow Road Station
By (Author) Elizabeth Hay
Headline Publishing Group
Mountain Leopard Press
26th November 2024
15th August 2024
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Family life fiction
813.6
Physical Properties
Paperback
240
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 18mm
172g
Description
A pitch-perfect story of love and female friendship from the Giller prize-winning author of Late Nights on Air.
A New Yorker best book of 2023. 'Like Elizabeth Strout with Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton, Hay has created a fictional world to which she returns, to great effect' Literary Review, Canada'An exquisitely etched coming-of-middle-age story' Ann-Marie Macdonald, bestselling author of FayneIn the winter of 2008, as snow falls without interruption, an actor blanks on her lines midperformance. Fleeing the theatre, she lands in her hometown, Snow Road Station - a barely discernible dot on the map of Ontario. Lulu Blake, a charismatic, no-nonsense woman in her sixties, is well-versed in taking risks. So she decides she is through with acting and drama -- but drama, it turns out, isn't through with her. Amid the autumn's global financial meltdown, there is a round of weddings, affairs, harvest and personal turmoil. And as Lulu, and her lifelong friend, Nan, contemplate growing older and surrendering their dreams, they must also confront the choices they have made that have kept them apart for decades. What readers love about SNOW ROAD STATION...'Beautifully written' 'A very human story that tells us you don't have to be perfect and it's okay to fail' 'Snow Road Station is an utter delight! A breathtaking setting, unforgettable characters, and a compelling plot pushing the reader forward with her lovely prose' 'Elizabeth Hay writes evocative books that delve deep into the human character, and Snow Road Station is no exception' 'Beautifully written, interesting characters, strong themes. Drenched in Canadiana from the hard work of making maple syrup to snowy landscapes ... Elizabeth Hay reminds me to look, to see, to marvel at beauty that surrounds me'Reviews
Joyous and lyrical, Snow Road Station is an ode to the North, in fact an ode to life itself, and all its possibilities -- Mary Lawson, bestselling author of A Town Called Solace
At the centre of this sensitive novel, set in Ontario in 2008, is Lulu, a middle-aged actress who has returned to the hamlet of her youth for her nephew's wedding. . . . Hay makes a case for the simplicity of pleasure: 'All you have to do," Lulu thinks, "is put yourself in the way of beauty, put yourself into the incredible swing of it * New Yorker *
Snow Road Station is an exquisitely etched coming-of-middle-age story. With a touch by turns subtle and sensual, Elizabeth Hay explores the surprising differences--and crucial overlaps--between what we think makes us happy, and what actually does. Along the way, we are drawn imperceptibly into intimacy with characters who reckon with the past in order to remake their own--and perhaps the reader's--notions of what family is. -- Ann-Marie MacDonald, author of the #1 bestselling Fayne
A moving novel about ageing and transformation. . . . Snow Road Station amazed me * Peterborough Examiner *
Like Elizabeth Strout with Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton, Hay has created a fictional world to which she returns, to great effect. Both His Whole Life and Snow Road Station stand on their own, but there's real pleasure in reading them consecutively and re-encountering the characters at later stages of their lives--and in different lights. * The Literary Review of Canada *
In this charming, engaging and eloquent novel, Lulu takes centre stage . . . . Like all of Hay's previous novels, Snow Road Station is a gift to be cherished. * Winnipeg Free Press *
Author Bio
ELIZABETH HAY is the Giller Prize-winning author of six novels, including Late Nights on Air, His Whole Life, and A Student of Weather. Her memoir All Things Consoled won the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction; her story collection Small Change was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction. A former radio broadcaster, she spent a number of years in Mexico and New York City, and makes her home in Ottawa.
