The Beautiful Place
Marilyn Stanley
, Jude Castillo
, finn mulryan
, Hilary Squires
, Barry Kazimer
, cassandra schiemann
, Natasa Ilic
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Linda Leitch
, Melissa Kohlman
, Ken Gilmour
, Shannon Leclerc
, Andrea Pole
, Noelle Schmidt
, Paula Adam
, Catherine Westerberg
, Amie Gaudet
, Patricia Johnson
, Irene Anderson
, Tina May
, Deb Philippon
, Meradith Anderson
, Jennifer Beyak
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Sara Conway
, Margaret McKay
, Keri Yakel
, Sandra Dufoe
, Dana Francoeur
, Yolande Thivierge
, Benita Hartwell
, Patricia McKeown
, Robert Hykawy
, Kathryn Galan
, Naomi MacKinnon
, Rhona Brinkman
, Heather Norris
, Heather Belliveau
, Pat Johnston
, Jesse Kancir
, Randi Ann Doll
, MaryAnne MacKeigan
, jane luce
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Lisa Mallia
, Christopher Evans
, Lynn Hallson
, Joann Horgan
, Gina Bergman
, joy mills
, Noelle Walsh
, Nicole Haldoupis
, Joshua Lewis
, Filomena Falocco
, Holly Elisabeth
, John Caleb Grenn
, sarah campbell
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Nancy Daoust
, Carolyn Guy
, LJ Law
, Karen Nordrum
, Patricia McCowan
, Diane McPherson
, zelda dwyer
, P. Thompson
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Annika Fotheringham
, Andrea Gillespie
, Carole Venne
, Aditi Saha
, Silvia Demmy
, Denise Duvall
, Rachel Edmonds
, Natalie Daniels
, Marin Beck
, Suzanne Ciprian
, Cynthia Heinrichs
, Heath Mulligan
, Anne Range
, Penelope Penner
, Heather Norris
, Huguette Lemieux
, Sharlene Ketelaar
, Kat Sommer-Derksen
, Jason Jordan
, Cindy Bodini
, Elle Andra-Warner
, Kristina Johnston
, S. A. M. McCue
, Deborah Kennedy
, Margaret Jones
, Wanda Brine
, Pam Keetch
, Kim Cappellina
, Esther VanGorder
, Mary Campbell
, Deanna Carney
, Jaclyn Law
, Karen Kendrick
, Susan Toy
, Melissa Poremba
, Natalie Mudri
, Laurie Burns
, Ron Thompson
, Lauraine Twilley
, Rhona Brinkman
, Shelley Gibbs
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Jan Wylie
, Nadia Cescato
, Wendy Vigh
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, diana kirkwood
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Lee Gowan’s new novel is an audacious sequel to Sinclair Ross’ prairie classic, As for Me and My House. The Beautiful Place is about a man who is in trouble in love and work—a darkly funny cautionary tale for our times. The man we know only as Bentley is facing a triple threat—in other words, his life is a hot mess every way he looks. Like anyone who feels that he’s on the brink of annihilation, Bentley thinks back to his misspent youth, which was also the year he met his famous grandfather, the painter Philip Bentley, for the first time. To make matters worse, he has inherited his grandfather’s tendency to self-doubt, as well as that cranky artist’s old service pistol. Our hero is confused about so much. How did he end up as a cryonics salesman—a huckster for a dubious afterlife—when he wanted to be a writer? And who is the mysterious Mary Abraham, and why is she the thread unravelling his unhappy present? What will be left when all the strands come undone?
