<p>How important is truth? What is normal? These are the questions raised in <i>The Gift Child<\/i>, Elaine McCluskey\u2019s fictional oeuvre \u2014 a funny, poignant, sure-shot novel, populated with a community of petty criminals, beloved broadcasters, undercover intelligence agents, and more. <\/p><p>The novel opens with the disappearance of a man in Pollock Passage, Nova Scotia, a man last seen driving away from a government wharf with a giant tuna head in the basket of his Schwinn delivery bicycle. The man\u2019s name is Graham Swim; he\u2019s good at playing the harmonica and making friends. <\/p><p>When Graham\u2019s cousin Harriett decides to investigate his disappearance, she comes up against her own family history. A news photographer now jobless and adrift, Harriett has lived most of her life in the shadow of her larger-than-life father \u2014 a once-beloved TV news anchor and borderline narcissist. <\/p><p> When Harriett arrives in Pollock Passage, she meets a stranger who tells her he is researching the Shag Harbour UFO mystery. While this stranger helps Harriett reconnect with pieces of herself she thought long-dead, she also learns that what she knows about her father may not be true. <\/p><p>Vintage McCluskey, <i>The Gift Child<\/i> showcases McCluskey\u2019s unique ability to capture the malleability of memory and the complex absurdity and nobility of humanity. It\u2019s a novel that\u2019s hard to put down; it\u2019s even harder to forget. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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