Liddie Rose Marsh grows up in a place where it's all right to have more-or-less cousins and miscellaneous relatives and old folks and young folks and car engines and chickens all sharing the same space: where kids are taken along to dances at the Town Hall and where her pear-shaped aunt is carrying on a feud with the minister across the road. It seems like a rural idyll, but one day a ouija board changes everything.
At times tragic, at times side-splittingly funny, The Pear Shaped Woman is a story about a family and a community under pressure. Set in beautiful Prince Edward County, the fictional village of "Hopewell" has been home to the Marsh family (and their chickens) for generations - but times they are a-changin' and Liddie, with her wry wit and down to earth character, must face each challenge as it comes. - $27.95 (CAN)
"A starkly honest, unromanticized portrayal of County life..."
- David Bojarzin, Watershed Magazine
A sweeping story covering the post-war period of the 1950's to the globalization of the 1990's, The Palace of the Moon tells the tale of friendships that last a lifetime. Set against the spectacular natural beauty of the windswept island County of Prince Edward, the story relates the unravelling of a secret that was spawned one balmy spring night at the Palace of the Moon Dancehall. Four women are caught up in a series of events that revolve around bootlegger, businessman and wheeler-dealer Len Collins - two girlfriends, one wife and a daughter, as well as a cast of supporting characters that you'll find hard to forget.
Years of experience as a highly regarded regional journalist and prize-winning playwright have given Janet a rare insight into the human condition and the bond between people and the land they call home. - $27.95 (CAN)
"The tale captures the illusive nuances of life and reconstructs them tangibly on the page..."
- Christine Renaud, Express Magazine
"This story tells itself like reality..."
- David Sweet, Books on the Bay
