Jacob's Prayer
Loss & Resilience at Alkali Lake
Will be published approx. on 6. July 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-894759-33-5 (ISBN)
Description
A haunting and poetic story of a community's suffering, loss, and eventual healing, "Jacob's Prayer" centers around one tragic Halloween evening in 1975, when two men lose their lives and another is saved by a friend who chooses not to be destroyed by his own tragedy and devastating loss.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Saint George
Canada
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
204 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-894759-33-5 (9781894759335)
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Person
Lorne Dufour has worked as a teacher, a counsellor, a logger, a travelling showman and a poet. In 1985 he played the alcoholic priest in the film 'The Honor of All', the story of the Alkali Lake Reserve's battle with alcoholism. Dufour has published two books of poetry, 'Spit on Wishes' and 'Starting From Promise', which won the Poets' Corner Award from Broken Jaw Press in 2000. He is a handlogger and lives off the grid in McLeese Lake, BC, with his wife Diana.