The Day the Falls Stood Still
  • Published: 31 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446494462
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

The Day the Falls Stood Still

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31 Aug 2011
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15 Feb 2011
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From a remarkable new voice in fiction, a powerful debut novel set in Niagara Falls at the time of the First World War.

Niagara Falls, 1915

When Bess Heath returns to her family home near the picturesque falls, it is to an unfamiliar scene - the elegance of the life she once knew has vanished. Her father is a broken man, jobless and losing hope, and her mother is struggling to keep the family afloat. Isabel, the lively, charismatic sister Bess has always relied on is almost unrecognisable. Her engagement called off, she languishes in her bedroom, brooding and refusing to eat.

Through all of this Bess finds solace in Tom Cole, a man she met by chance the night she returned home. Constant, gentle and devoted to Bess, he understands better than anyone the awesome and potentially devastating power of the falls - and consoles her through a tragedy that nearly ruins her. But as their lives become more fully entwined, Bess is forced to make a painful choice between what she wants and what is best for her family . . .
  • Published: 31 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446494462
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320
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About the author

Cathy Marie Buchanan

Cathy Marie Buchanan's stories have appeared in several of Canada's most respected literary journals - The Antigonish Review, The Dalhousie Review, Descant and The New Quarterly. Buchanan holds a BSc (Honours Biochemistry) and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. She has been awarded grants by both the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council. Born and raised in Niagara Falls, Ontario, she grew up amid the awe-inspiring scenery of the Niagara River and awash in the local lore. She now resides in Toronto. Her debut novel, The Day the Falls Stood Still, is a New York Times bestseller, while her second, The Painted Girls, debuted on The New York Times bestsellers list and has been optioned for television.

Praise for The Day the Falls Stood Still

A wonderful love story . . . Buchanan weaves Niagra Falls' history and her storytelling together masterfully

Elle

What a world newcomer Cathy Marie Buchanan brings to propulsively glittering and gorgeous life in The Day the Falls Stood Still

The Globe and Mail

More than just a captivating historical novel about the Niagara Falls. It is a highly spiritual tale of family, love, loss, class, early environmentalism and the battle fought to make citizens aware of the natural sacrifices made in the name of progress

Publishers Weekly

The Day the Falls Stood Stillis an extraordinarily assured first novel....It is a southern Ontario Gothic of the highest order

National Post

This first novel abounds in romance and charm

Quill & Quire

Beautifully written and intriguing...I could not put it down

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