Alissa York Online at Book Buzz
Toronto author Alissa York will be our guest on Book Buzz for a live online chat, taking place December 7, 7-8 pm.
Mercy tells the stories of the lonely and flawed citizens of a small town in Manitoba. It begins in 1948 as the lives of butcher Thomas Rose, Mathilda Nickles and town priest August Day collide. Although Mathilda and August meet when he is officiating her wedding to Thomas, they find themselves unable to resist falling in love.
Effigy, a novel set on a Mormon ranch in 19th century Utah, was nominated for the 2007 Scotiabank Giller Prize. It focuses on the lives of Erastus Hammer, a hunter and horse breeder, and his four wives. Dorrie, the youngest of the wives, is a skilled taxidermist who works to create trophies of her husband's kills. As she works on a tableau of a family of wolves, she finds herself stuggling with her craft and haunted by strange images.
Fauna is set in present day Toronto. Wildlife officer Edal is on stress leave from her job when she discovers a small group of individuals caring for injured animals in the Don Valley. In 2011 Fauna was a finalist for the Toronto Book Award.
York has also published Any Given Power, a collection of short fiction.
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