Lemire’s writing is plain spoken and he leaves his poetry for his artwork I’ve always admired the craggy, worn faces of his characters as they walk within grim landscapes that so often reflect their psychology. And then he and his sister are going to have to face their destructive childhoods together. Derek is determined to not only help his sister, but to save her, but in order to do so, he’s going to have to save himself from himself, and not create the very obstructions that always prevent him from keeping things together. She’s got her own version of Derek’s damage - a drug addict, pregnant, and on the run from an abusive boyfriend. Now he haunts his hometown of Pimitamon, Ontario, driven by rage and humiliation, and dependent on the pity of old acquaintances to take care of himself.ĭerek is going to be forced to face all these demons when his sister, Beth, returns to town after years of estrangement. The story centers on the tortured soul of Derek Ouelette, once a promising professional hockey player, but now a captive of his own demons - a washed-out alcoholic whose possibilities are continually toppled by his dependence on violence to solve his personal problems.
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