Talon
Before her death, Rubis Caillou Morin sends her son west to help her brothers settle new land. Raoul carries with him a shadowy understanding of why his mother died, and a red book filled with her wisdom and love. The book sees Raoul through life, and helps his great-granddaughter find the truth about healers, Rubis, and the loyalty, responsibility, and consequence that rules her family.
Paulette Dubé was born in Westlock, Alberta. She has written five books, including Talon, which made shortlists for the Canadian Literary Award (1999), the Alberta Writers’ Guild Best Novel Award (2003), and the Starburst Award (2003). Her poetry has appeared in a CBC Alberta Anthology (1998), and she has received the James Patrick Follinsbee Prize in English (1983), the Milton Acorn Memorial Peoples' Poetry Award (1994), as well as a CBC Literary Award for English Poetry (2005)
She and her family live in Jasper, where she continues to write and teach.
- ISBN-13
- 9781896300474
- Publisher
- Newest Press
- Imprint
- NeWest Press
- Publication date
- 16 September 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 228
- Dimensions
- 216 x 140 mm
- Language
- English