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As a child, Kate Stong Smythe drew castles. Now, at thirty-five, she's found herself hard-edged and uncompromising, designing slick condos in Griffintown, a gentrified working-class neighbourhood of Montreal.
When Kate's mother dies, she calls out five mysterious names from her deathbed, propelling Kate on a journey to unravel the mysterious dreams she's had since childhood. She's met with a shock when she finds the five names in her own family genealogy books, tied to faces she knows from her strange flashbacks. Who are these women, and why have they haunted her dreams since she was a little girl?
Kate's unsettling visions take her from her home in Montreal to an abandoned farmhouse in the northern suburbs of Toronto, increasingly consumed by her ties to the past and the ancestral hardness that is holding her hostage.
A disenchanted woman follows her mother's dying wish to seek out her family's ancestor's.
"This novel honours the Stong family story with depth and respect, revealing how ancestry, silence, and place connect generations." -Allison White, Toronto Region Conservation Authority
"Black Creek delivers a fascinating multi-generational story centered on the lives of a compelling line of women who endured epic journeys and tumultuous times. Through their stories, their present-day ancestor Kate grapples with how the legacies of these struggles have shaped the woman she is as she navigates contemporary urban upheavals and faces critical choices about her future." – Leslie Kern, author of Feminist City: A Field Guide
When Kate's mother dies, she calls out five mysterious names from her deathbed, propelling Kate on a journey to unravel the mysterious dreams she's had since childhood. She's met with a shock when she finds the five names in her own family genealogy books, tied to faces she knows from her strange flashbacks. Who are these women, and why have they haunted her dreams since she was a little girl?
Kate's unsettling visions take her from her home in Montreal to an abandoned farmhouse in the northern suburbs of Toronto, increasingly consumed by her ties to the past and the ancestral hardness that is holding her hostage.
A disenchanted woman follows her mother's dying wish to seek out her family's ancestor's.
"This novel honours the Stong family story with depth and respect, revealing how ancestry, silence, and place connect generations." -Allison White, Toronto Region Conservation Authority
"Black Creek delivers a fascinating multi-generational story centered on the lives of a compelling line of women who endured epic journeys and tumultuous times. Through their stories, their present-day ancestor Kate grapples with how the legacies of these struggles have shaped the woman she is as she navigates contemporary urban upheavals and faces critical choices about her future." – Leslie Kern, author of Feminist City: A Field Guide