The Roads of Go Home Lake is the long-awaited sequel to Christina Kilbourne’s award winning novel Day of the Dog-Tooth Violets. When Winnie finds herself suddenly widowed and an unemployed mother of six, she is forced to change her life in order to keep her family together. Illiterate, shy and inexperienced in the ways of the white man’s world, Winnie relies on her eldest son and the strength of her Chippewan ancestors to give her the courage to find help. The Roads of Go Home Lake follows Winnie’s journey as she faces her darkest secrets and recalls the bittersweet memories of growing up in an abandoned logging town in the 1950's. Here she finds the strength to forgive her parents their weaknesses and cruelties, gives herself permission to remember their tenderness and pride, and is compelled to search for the family she long ago fled. The Roads of Go Home Lake is a novel of heritage and blood, it is a novel of courage and healing, it is a novel of inner growth and universal hope.

The Roads of Go Home Lake

Literature & Fiction

Christina Kilbourne

Genre Fiction

Bookland Press

Spanning two continents, one war and several generations, "Where Lives Take Root" follows the stories of three unforgettable characters as their lives become forever linked and grounded in Muskoka. First there is Nan, a grown woman and mother of two young boys who suddenly discovers her family secret: that her deceased mother was half Chippewa. Then there is Gunner, a First Nations classmate from Nan's small rural community and the only reference point Nan has to her new identity. Finally, there is Hamar, Gunner's father, a displaced Norwegian who escaped his homeland during the German occupation and found himself at the end of the war, still tied to the Norwegian airforce training camp in Muskoka. Weaving together different decades and narrative points of view, "Where Lives Take Root" is about the universal search for identity and belonging. Suitable for both adults and young adults, this story examines the meaning of blood and ancestry and the inevitable conclusion that what really matters is not about race or religion, but about finding a place and purpose in the world.

Where Lives Take Root

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The Roads of Go Home Lake

Where Lives Take Root