In this story of a son, his mother, and her Alzheimer’s disease, a small Maritime town transforms into the loom on which the shared and contested memories of three generations are woven, unraveled, and rewoven.

<b>Part generational saga, part eco-gothic fable, <i>Oil People</i> is a luminous debut novel about history and family, land and power, and oil as an object of toxic wonder.</b><br><br>1987: Thirteen-year-old Jade […]