KHC Book Club - Medicine Walk

When

Sat. Nov. 6th, 2021    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm

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  • Hike Leader - Paulette Gendron
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  • Difficulty - Moderate
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Description

Join us for KHC’s sixth book club read!   We will hike and discuss our thoughts, reactions, and shared experiences of the book.  We will make one extended stop for our discussion at the cabin just off the trail.  There is a protected area we can sit in.  Bring a delicious warm drink and snack.

Location: McConnell Lake

Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese

By the celebrated author of Canada Reads Finalist Indian Horse, this is an unforgettable journey of a father and son, set in the dramatic landscape of the BC Interior. For male and female readers equally, for readers of Joseph Boyden, Cormac McCarthy, Thomas King, Russell Banks and general literary fiction.
Franklin Starlight is called to visit his father, Eldon. He’s sixteen years old and has had the most fleeting of relationships with the man. The rare moments they’ve shared haunt and trouble Frank, but he answers the call, a son’s duty to a father. What ensues is a journey through the rugged and beautiful backcountry, and a journey into the past, as the two men push forward to Eldon’s end. From a poverty-stricken childhood to the Korean War, and later the derelict houses of mill towns, Eldon relates both the desolate moments of his life and a time of redemption and love, and in doing so offers Frank a history he has never known, the father he has never had, and a connection to himself he never expected.
A novel about love, friendship, courage, and the idea that the land has within it powers of healing, Medicine Walk reveals the ultimate goodness of its characters and offers a deeply moving and redemptive conclusion. Wagamese’s writing soars and his insight and compassion are matched by his gift of communicating these to the reader.

 

The above information is from Chapters Indigo.

Interviews on CBC radio: https://www.cbc.ca/books/medicine-walk-1.4017396

Bookings

Booked Spaces - 7/10

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