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published: Apr 2011

ISBN:9780889825758

publisher: Oolichan Books

The Boy

by Betty Jane Hegerat

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list price: $12.99

edition:eBook

also available: Paperback

category: Fiction

published: Apr 2011

ISBN:9780889825758

publisher: Oolichan Books

Description

In 1959 Ray and Daisy Cook and their five children were brutally slain in their modest home in the central Alberta town of Stettler. Robert Raymond Cook, Ray Cook’s son from his first marriage, was convicted of the crime, and had the infamy of becoming the last man hanged in Alberta. Forty-six years later, a troublesome character named Louise in a story that Betty Jane Hegerat finds herself inexplicably reluctant to write, becomes entangled in the childhood memory of hearing about that gruesome mass murder.

About the Author

Betty Jane Hegerat is the author of two novels, a collection of short stories, and a book of creative non-fiction. She lives in Calgary, and teaches creative writing at the University of Calgary and the Alexandra Writers Centre. Delivery (Oolichan, 2009) was a finalist for the George Bugnet fiction prize in the Alberta Book Awards. Juror's comment: "Domestic dysfunction never had it so good. This novel lactates with life."

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Editorial Review

"A fiction writer whose work focuses on ordinary people, Betty Jane Hegerat has come out with the Boy, a compelling, beautifully written, two-part narrative that sweeps the reader into the interwoven tales."