Wild people quiet / by Tara Gereaux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gereaux, Tara, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Fiction.

Women.

Secrecy--Fiction.

Secrecy.

Métis--Saskatchewan--20th century--Fiction.

Métis.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

290 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Scribner Canada edition.

Other Title:

Wild people quiet : a novel

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : Scribner Canada, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2026.

Summary:

"A taut, exquisitely rendered story exploring the repercussions of a woman's decision to hide her M̌tis identity while living in a small, predominantly white prairie town in the 1940s, for readers of The Berry Pickers, Tommy Orange, and The Vanishing Half. Torduvalle, Saskatchewan, 1946. Florence has created a beautiful life for herself. Her home is immaculate; she is a model employee at Pratt's Insurance, where she works as a secretary. Her hair is the perfect shade of movie-star blonde -- never once does she allow her brown roots to show. She dyes them every other Saturday night, without fail. But one morning, everything changes. Florence notices a new group of men at the local diner, M̌tis workers from out of town, hired on for the season at a nearby farm. And one of them has a connection to the past that Florence has spent her entire life outrunning. He has one simple request for her. Suddenly, Florence is thrown back into memories of her life before. Suddenly, the line between who she once was and who she has chosen to be feels very thin. And when Florence learns of the government's plans for the M̌tis community on the fringes of town, she will be faced with a choice -- one that will shatter her carefully constructed life forever. This extraordinary novel asks us what we will do for our community, for our families, for our friends, even at our own expense. It examines the harrowing effects of choosing to live as someone else -- and the radiant peace that comes from finally living one's truth. Gripping, wrenching, and utterly immersive, Wild People Quiet is a stunning achievement by a remarkable literary talent." -- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"This Scribner Canada edition March 2026"--Title page verso.

Also published in New York, Amsterdam/Antwerp, London, Sydney/Melbourne and New Delhi.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Burt fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version: Gereaux, Tara, 1975- Wild people quiet.

ISBN:

9781668060568

1668060566

OCLC:

1517556269