On Duty - Softcover

Lessard, Ketsia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1525540378 ISBN 13: 9781525540370

Verlag: FriesenPress, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

When a deathbed confession leads RCMP Constable Jasper Nelson to discover the existence of his illegitimate sister, his curiosity is piqued and he sets out to find her. He locates the young woman a year later where he least expects to, within the police force itself. Raised by an Inuvialuit family and recruited as a community officer in the Northwest Territories, Nelson's sibling Heidi Finlay has experienced a life quite unlike his own. As the geographical distance separating them becomes unbearable, Nelson obtains a transfer from Vancouver to the Inuvik detachment where he partners with the hardy Finlay to investigate criminal activity and trauma in the High Arctic. From bootlegging to child abuse, missing Aboriginal women to suicide epidemics, the two officers come to uncover corruption in the RCMP and examine their role as the "White Man" in a culture still reeling from the devastating impacts of the residential school system. Inspired by actual events, On Duty is a series of cases narrated by the constables themselves; through Nelson's refined prose and Finlay's no-nonsense reporting, a portrait of human nature emerges, emphasizing the possibility-and need-for divine redemption.

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Ketsia Lessard was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec and graduated from the University of Quebec with a creative writing degree. She wrote Nelson's Sabbath during a depressive episode, and her characters' reflections are a verbalization of her anguish, her struggle to make sense of life's hardships and recover. The subject matter is heavily researched, including retired RCMP officers' testimonies, PTSD victims' experiences, and the Missing 411 phenomenon. Ketsia Lessard is also a painter and a church musician.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: FriesenPress
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1525540378
• ISBN 13: 9781525540370
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 174
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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