Mary Lawson for Solace in Winter

'Close to perfection' THE TIMES'Exquisitely poignant' LIANE MORIARTYWINTER IN THE SMALL CANADIAN TOWN OF SOLACE IS A SEASON OF HIBERNATION.

BUT THIS YEAR, THE SNOWFALL BRINGS A SERIES OF ACCIDENTAL ENCOUNTERS THAT WILL SHAKE UP THE LIVES – AND LOVES – OF AN OLD MAN, A STUDENT ON THE RUN AND AN ABANDONED DOG.It is deep winter, 1969.

As the Vietnam War drives young men north across the Canadian border, widower Jack’s quiet life is overturned by two accidents that happen on the bend in the road into town.

First comes a dog in a bad way.

Next a draft-dodger, seriously injured, lying in the snow.

Suddenly, Jack’s cabin is busy with a growing cast of characters – and all the baggage, dreams and desires they’re carrying.The atmosphere chills when Jack’s daughter Sally drops by one day and doesn’t like what she sees...This exquisite snow globe of a novel is a refuge, a story of connection and moral complexity set in the beloved world of Mary Lawson’s bestselling, prizewinning _Crow Lake_, _The Other Side of the Bridge_, _Road Ends_ and _A Town Called Solace_.MARY LAWSON’s first novel, _Crow Lake_, was loved by critics and readers all over the world; it was translated into 26 languages and published in 29 countries.

It was a _New York Times bestseller_, won the McKitterick Prize and spent 75 weeks on the bestseller lists in her native Canada.

Her second novel, _The Other Side of the Bridge_, was longlisted for the Booker Prize and selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club. _Road Ends_, published in 2014, was described by the _New York Times_ as ‘tender and surprising . . . a vivid and evocative tale’. _A Town Called Solace_ was an instant bestseller in Canada and longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize.

Mary came to England in the 1960s, and lives in Kingston-upon-Thames.