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A reckoning : a novel / Linda Spalding.

by Spalding, Linda.

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McClelland & Stewart, c2017.

Families -- Fiction.

Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction.

Fugitive slaves -- Fiction.

Slavery -- Fiction.

Canada -- History -- 1841-1867 -- Fiction.

9780771098222 (hc.)

318 p. : map ; 22 cm.

Map on endpapers.

"As the deeply moving and troubling account of a family's breakdown, A Reckoning is the perfect companion to Linda Spalding's bestselling, award-winning novel, The Purchase. It opens in the spring of 1885, when John Dickinson is involved in a shameful secret that will require a tragic decision. The family's resources have been wasted by a reckless brother who holds all of them hostage and, adding fuel to John's desperation, the enslaved workers have been visited by a Canadian abolitionist who pushes them to escape. Bry does, and his pursuit of freedom will involve a dangerous quest to find his mother and child in Canada. Meanwhile, the Dickinsons become fugitives of another kind, escaping their losses in a wagon en route to the West that will eventually be loaded onto a Missouri river boat for a dark adventure. Forests and rivers prevail in this story, and each person will be tested, especially thirteen-year-old Martin, whose lonely journey with a pet bear is almost mythic. Spalding, a Kansas native who lives in Toronto, writes with irresistible force and breathtaking passion. Her language is stunning, her voice unique. A Reckoning confirms her place at the forefront of Canadian literature."--Publisher.

Historical fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Canadian fiction.

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