Set in the wild terrain of northern Ontario of the Pye and Morrison families who are rural farmers, this is a story of family love and misunderstandings, of resentments harbored and driven underground.

"A Town Called Solace–the brilliant and emotionally radiant new novel from Mary Lawson, her first in nearly a decade–opens on a family in crisis: rebellious teenager Rose been missing for weeks with no word, and Rose’s younger sister, the feisty and fierce Clara, keeps a daily vigil at the living-room window, hoping for her sibling’s return. Enter thirtyish Liam Kane, newly divorced, newly unemployed, newly arrived in this small northern town,...