When Fenelon Falls

Description:
In When Fenelon Falls, the experience of not belonging turns the Summer of Love into a summer of loss.

Review Quotes:
'The meta-fictional aspect of the novel provides a generous extra layer of storytelling that is both funny and wise. The writing is strong and complex and the subject matter, unique, important and emotionally moving.' - Lisa Moore, author of February and Alligator

'The story is full of humour, surprises and a refreshingly unsentimental depiction of family relations. A bold and challenging undercurrent of darkness drives the plot forward ... Palmer is a talented writer with an original voice and a marvellous ear for the nuance (and fun) of language.'
- Quill and Quire

'When Fenelon Fall is saturated with rich detail about Ontario in the '50s and '60s - from the clothes, to the music, to casual bigotry back then - and the narrative vividly illustrates what a complex, problematic, fractured, fertile era it was.' - Herizons