The Bittlemores
Jann Arden
- A
- heartfelt,
- comic,
- and
- deeply
- satisfying
- debut
- novel
- from
- the
- #1
- bestselling
- author,
- singer-songwriter,
- member
- of
- Canada's
- Music
- Hall
- of
- Fame
- and
- star
- of
- her
- own
- hit
- TV
- sitcom.
- A
- little
- bit
- All
- Creatures
- Great
- and
- Small,
- a
- little
- bit
- Fargo
- and
- all
- Jann
- Arden!On
- mean
- Harp
- Bittlemore’s
- blighted
- farm,
- hidden
- away
- in
- the
- Backhills,
- nothing
- has
- gone
- right
- for
- a
- very
- long
- time.
- Crops
- don’t
- grow,
- the
- pigs
- and
- chickens
- stay
- skinny
- and
- the
- three
- aged
- dairy
- cows,
- Berle,
- Crilla
- and
- Dally,
- are
- so
- desperate
- they
- are
- plotting
- an
- escape.
- The
- one
- thing
- holding
- them
- back
- is
- the
- thought
- of
- abandoning
- young
- Willa,
- the
- single
- bright
- point
- in
- their
- life
- since
- her
- older
- sister,
- Margaret,
- ran
- away.
But
- Willa
- Bittlemore,
- just
- turning
- 14,
- is
- planning
- her
- own
- rebellion.
- Something
- doesn’t
- add
- up
- in
- the
- story
- she’s
- been
- told
- about
- her
- missing
- sister,
- and
- she's
- beginning
- to
- question
- if
- her
- horrible
- parents
- are
- even
- her
- parents
- at
- all.
- Just
- as
- things
- are
- really
- coming
- to
- a
- head,
- a
- bright
- young
- police
- officer
- starts
- investigating
- a
- cold
- case
- involving
- a
- baby
- stolen
- from
- a
- little
- rural
- hospital
- 28
- years
- earlier,
- and
- Willa
- and
- the
- cows
- find
- out
- exactly
- how
- far
- the
- Bittlemores
- will
- go
- to
- protect
- a
- festering
- secret.
Written
- with
- Jann’s
- trademark
- outrageous
- humour
- and
- full
- of
- her
- down-to-earth
- wisdom,
- The
- Bittlemores
- is
- a
- rural
- fairytale,
- a
- coming-of-age
- story
- and
- a
- prairie
- mystery
- all-in-one,
- saturated
- with
- her
- observations
- of
- the
- world
- she
- grew
- up
- in
- and
- her
- deep
- connection
- to
- the
- animals
- we
- exploit.
- This
- marvel
- of
- a
- first
- novel
- digs
- into
- how
- people
- come
- to
- be
- so
- cruel,
- but
- it
- also
- glories
- in
- the
- miracle
- of
- human kindness.
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