Shelter
Frances Greenslade's new novel, Shelter, is the story of two sisters, Maggie and Jenny, and their quest to find out what happened to their mother who left them to billet in Williams Lake, a small town in British Columbia, and never came back. Set in the 1960s and 70s in the wilds of the Chilcotin, where it's still possible to lose yourself, the novel explores the attachment we have to our mothers, and the expectation we hold that they will always be our mothers, and nothing more.
Photo: Stuart Bish

Shelter in Turkey

by Frances Greenslade on 01/10/13

A Turkish edition of Shelter is in the works, published by Aspendos Yayinlari

It's exciting to think of Maggie and Jenny traveling to Turkey with their story set in the Canadian wilderness.

German edition nominated

by Frances Greenslade on 11/22/12

Der Duft des Regens, the German edition of Shelter, has been nominated by readers for best book of 2012 on the German website Lovely Books. To vote for Shelter, go here: http://www.lovelybooks.de/leserpreis/2012/Romantik-Liebe-Gef%C3%BChl/

 

Book club review

by Frances Greenslade on 10/01/12

There are few things I enjoy more than getting together with a group of people to eat and to talk about books we've read. It's been a great pleasure to hear from the book clubs who have been reading Shelter. Here's a review I like from one: http://queensboroughbookclub.wordpress.com/

Book blogs

by Frances Greenslade on 08/28/12

A nice shout-out to Shelter on Adult Books 4 Teens.

And here's a mention on a book blog from Germany, Hugendubel.

The Smell of Rain

by Frances Greenslade on 07/27/12

The German edition of Shelter is out. It's called Der Duft des Regens, The Smell of Rain. Funny, because my original working title was something very close to that. You can read about it (in German!) at the publishers website: http://www.mare.de/index.php?article_id=3293&setCookie=1


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