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Set in British Columbia’s Turtle Valley during World War II, Gail Anderson‑Dargatz follows fifteen‑year‑old Beth Weeks as she and her family confront the eerie events shrouding their farm community. A classmate’s death, missing children on a nearby reservation, and an unseen threat prompt Beth to seek refuge in the friendship of Nora, an Indian girl, and to learn rituals from the valley’s eccentric residents: Filthy Billy, the apparently possessed hired hand; Nora’s mother, who possesses a menacing voice and an extra finger; and Beth’s haunted mother. Throughout the narrative, Anderson‑Dargatz interlaces detailed recipes for cooking, gardening, fruit picking, preserving, and bizarre remedies—such as the titular “Cure for Dead by Lightning”—providing vivid sensory snapshots of rural Canadian life.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Gail Anderson-Dargatz
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