The Descendants _literary Nick Thran

Nick Thran

Catriona Wright—you have won this difficult reader’s admiration

There is a Dylan Thomas-like cast to many of these poignant

"Told in the style of the oral tradition and beautifully illustrated in black and white

FICTION / Family Life / Parenthood & Children

The Descendants _literary Nick ThranDescription Chursinoffs remarkable debut is a distinctively structured, sublimely written and moving tale of love, loss, intergenerational trauma and ultimately redemption, set in one of Canadas most enigmatic and misunderstood ethno religious communities. Seven years after a brutal encounter with the Hells Angels, two ex lovers, Jonah Seeger and Ruby Samarodin, return to their Doukhobor religious community in the mountains of British Columbia to heal