num_pages: 304
description: When fifteen-year-old Beth Week’s family is attacked by a grizzly, her father becomes increasingly violent, making him a danger to his neighbors, his family, and especially Beth. Meanwhile, several young children from the nearby Indian reservation have gone missing, and Beth fears that something is pursuing her in the bush. But friendship with an Indian girl connects her to a mythology that enriches her landscape; and an unexpected protector shores up her world.Set on an isolated Canadian farm in the midst of World War II, The Cure for Death by Lightning evokes a life at once harshly demanding and rich in sensory the deafening chatter of starlings, the sight of thousands of painted turtles crossing a road, the smell of baking that fills the Weeks’s kitchen. The novel is sprinkled throughout with recipes and remedies from the scrapbook Beth’s mother keeps, a boon to Beth as she learns to face down her demons--and one of many elements that give The Cure for Death by Lightning its enchanting vitality.
language: English
title: The Cure for Death by Lightning
titlecomplete: The Cure for Death by Lightning
genres: Magical Realism, Historical, Contemporary, Novels, Historical Fiction, Coming Of Age, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Canadian Literature, Canada
ratings_count: 6584
places: Adams Plateau, British Columbia
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Scotiabank Giller Prize, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Betty Trask Award
publisher: Anchor