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Through Black Spruce (Bird Family Trilogy)

Joseph Boyden

Hardcover | Pages: 359 pages

Rating: 4.12 | 13339 Users | 910 Reviews

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Original Title:	Through Black Spruce
ISBN:	0670020575 (ISBN13: 9780670020577)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Bird Family Trilogy
Characters:	Will Bird, Annie Bird, Marius Netmaker
Setting:	Ontario(Canada) Manhattan, New York City, New York(United States)
Literary Awards:	Scotiabank Giller Prize (2008), Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award for Fiction Book (2009)

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A haunting novel about identity, love, and loss by the author of Three Day Road

Will Bird is a legendary Cree bush pilot, now lying in a coma in a hospital in his hometown of Moose Factory, Ontario. His niece Annie Bird, beautiful and self-reliant, has returned from her own perilous journey to sit beside his bed. Broken in different ways, the two take silent communion in their unspoken kinship, and the story that unfolds is rife with heartbreak, fierce love, ancient blood feuds, mysterious disappearances, fires, plane crashes, murders, and the bonds that hold a family, and a people, together. As Will and Annie reveal their secrets-the tragic betrayal that cost Will his family, Annie's desperate search for her missing sister, the famous model Suzanne-a remarkable saga of resilience and destiny takes shape. From the dangerous bush country of upper Canada to the drug-fueled glamour of the Manhattan club scene, Joseph Boyden tracks his characters with a keen eye for the telling detail and a rare empathy for the empty places concealed within the heart. Sure to appeal to readers of Louise Erdrich and Jim Harrison, Through Black Spruce establishes Boyden as a writer of startling originality and uncommon power.

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Title	:	Through Black Spruce (Bird Family Trilogy)
Author	:	Joseph Boyden
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 359 pages
Published	:	September 9th 2008 by Viking Books
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. Canada. Historical. Historical Fiction

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"Moosonee. End of the road. End of the tracks," declares Will Bird, a Cree bush pilot lying broken in a hospital bed in this end of the tracks village in northern Ontario. He weaves his story silently, his voice imprisoned by his comatose state. Moosonee is remote, rugged, its Cree Nation inhabitants largely self-sufficient; it is also vulnerable. Poverty fuels drug and alcohol addiction. Those who do leave the community for the excitement and economic opportunity of Toronto or Montreal often

Powerful, well written, and a wonderful story. I think it helps having read Three Day Road first, for the back story and the understanding of Boyden's storytelling style. Had a hard time putting both books down; the stories flowed so well.

3.75/5I read and loved Joseph Boydens The Orenda when I read it a few years ago and I still think of it as quite a masterpiece of Canadian literature. While that was set in 1600s in Canada, Through Black Spruce is much more of a contemporary novel. It is a slow burn mystery that gradually unravels as a dual narrative moving both forwards and backwards in time.In one, we follow Will Bird, a retired Cree bush pilot and in alternating chapters, we follow Annie, Wills niece as she sits by his

Joseph Boyden has become one of my favorite authors. His stories of Native Canadians are extremely moving and thought provoking. THROUGH BLACK SPRUCE is set in modern times and is a magnificent read.

This is the third Joseph Boyden book I've read before and, as always, I really enjoyed his writing. His style is very clear, but also detailed. I also found the pacing of this novel to be good- if I hadn't been busy this week I probably would have finished it much sooner. I've heard others found this to be slow read, but for me it wasn't. The dual narrative I find makes for a more page turning read, as you keep jumping from Will's to Annie's narrative and back again. I also really liked how this

After the achievement that was "The Orenda," I found this one super disappointing. Orenda, published later, shows a huge leap in maturity for this author. What I found highly grating about this book was the dialogue, which was embarrassingly artificial. The perspective of Annie was relentlessly two-dimensional, as was Boyden's portrayal of the model socialite life in New York. I realize that this milieu is notoriously superficial, but Boyden did nothing other than echo stereotypical dialogue of

I guess nothing untoward can be said about Joseph Boyden, our true native son who has achieved literary god status in the last few years. I read other reviews in this forum before writing this one and the platitudes for this book are glowing. And yet we need to ask the tough questions, despite peoples origins and sensibilities, if we are to mine gems from amidst the oceans of literary flotsam out today. What follows is therefore one readers opinion, mine, and many may not agree with me.First