Shot-Blue

Jesse Ruddock

ISBN 10: 1552453405 / ISBN 13: 9781552453407

Published by Coach House Books, CA, 2017

About this Item

'Shot-Blue is that rarest species, a genuinely wise novel.' -- Rivka Galchen Rachel is a young single mother living with her son, Tristan, on a lake that borders the unchannelled north -- remote, nearly inhospitable. She does what she has to do to keep them alive. But soon, and unexpectedly, Tristan will have to live alone, his youth unprotected and rough. The wild, open place that is all he knows will be overrun by strangers -- strangers inhabiting the lodge that has replaced his home, strangers who make him fight, talk, and even love, when he doesn't want to. Ravenous and unrelenting, Shot-Blue is a book of first love and first loss.

Seller Inventory # LU-9781552453407

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shot-Blue
• Publisher: Coach House Books, CA
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1552453405
• ISBN 13: 9781552453407
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 340 grams

About this title

Synopsis

‘Shot-Blue is that rarest species, a genuinely wise novel.’ – Rivka Galchen

Rachel is a young single mother living with her son, Tristan, on a lake that borders the unchannelled north – remote, nearly inhospitable. She does what she has to do to keep them alive. But soon, and unexpectedly, Tristan will have to live alone, his youth unprotected and rough. The wild, open place that is all he knows will be overrun by strangers – strangers inhabiting the lodge that has replaced his home, strangers who make him fight, talk, and even love, when he doesn't want to. Ravenous and unrelenting, Shot-Blue is a book of first love and first loss.

About the Author

Born in Guelph, Jesse Ruddock first left Canada on a hockey scholarship to Harvard. Her writing and photographs have appeared in the NewYorker.com, BOMB Magazine, Music & Literature, and Vice. Shot-Blue is her first novel. She currently lives in Montreal.