num_pages: 240
description: David Adams Richards Governor Generals Award-winning novel is a powerful tale of resignation and struggle fierce loyalties and compassion. This book is the first in Richards acclaimed Miramichi trilogy. Set in a small mill town in northern New Brunswick it draws us into the lives of a community of people who live there including: Joe Walsh isolated and strong in the face of a drinking problem; his wife Rita willing to believe the best about people; and their teenage daughter Adele whose nature is rebellious and wise and whose love for her father wars with her desire for independence. Richards unforgettable characters are linked together in conflict and in articulate love and understanding. Their plight as human beings is one we share.From the Hardcover edition.
language: English
title: Nights Below Station Street
publisher: New Canadian Library