num_pages: 336
description: Pregnant and secretly married, Cheryl Anway scribbles what becomes her last will and testament on a school binder shortly before a rampaging trio of misfit classmates gun her down in a high school cafeteria. Overrun with paranoia, teenage angst, and religious zeal in the massacre's wake, this sleepy suburban neighborhood declares its saints, brands its demons, and moves on. But for a handful of people still reeling from that horrific day, life remains permanently derailed. Four dramatically different characters tell their Cheryl, who calmly narrates her own death; Jason, the boy no one knew was her husband, still marooned ten years later by his loss; Heather, the woman trying to love the shattered Jason; and Jason's father, Reg, whose rigid religiosity has separated him from nearly everyone he loves. Hey Nostradamus! is an unforgettable portrait of people wrestling with spirituality and with sorrow and its acceptance.
language: English
title: Hey Nostradamus!
titlecomplete: Hey Nostradamus!
genres: Fiction, Canada, Drama, Young Adult, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Modern, Literary Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 18871
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Canadian Authors Association Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Flamingo