True North

New. New Ships From Canada New in new dust jacket 388 p From the Inside Flap: Michigan has been home to Jim Harison for most of his life, and with his newest and most extraordinary work, he has written the long-awaited novel of his homeland True North is an epic tale that pits a son against the environmental damage that is his family legacy, as well as his father's more personal violations It is a beautiful and moving novel that speaks to the territory in our hearts that calls us back to our roots The scion of a family of wealthy timber barons, David Burkett has grown up with a man who is more a malevolent force than a father, and a mother made vague and numb by alcohol and pills David and his sister, Cynthia, are mostly left ot make their own way, and often play parent to their dissolute elders As he comes to adulthood--frequently guided and enlightened by the unforgettable women he loves--David realizes he must come to terms with his forefathers' rapacious destruction of the woods of