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The cure for death by lightning was handwritten in thick, messy blue ink in my mother’s scrapbook, under the recipe for my father’s favourite oatcakes: Dunk the dead by lightning in a cold water bath for two hours and if still dead, add vinegar and soak for an hour more. This extraordinary first novel captures the heart and imagination, blending magic and mystery with lurking evils and gut-wrenching hardships. It sold over 100,000 copies in Canada and became a bestseller in Great Britain, later published in the U.S. and Europe. Nominated for the Giller Prize and recipient of a Betty Trask Award, the story unfolds in Turtle Valley, British Columbia, during the Second World War. Beth Weeks’s fifteenth summer is filled with strange events: a classmate is mauled, children go missing, and an unseen predator stalks her. Surrounded by unusual characters, including Nora, a half-Native girl, and Filthy Billy, a hired hand with Tourette’s Syndrome, Beth faces darkness within her own family, including her shell-shocked father and a mother who talks to the dead. Struck by lightning during a storm, Beth's world shifts, prompting her to explore the dangers of the bush. Through her eyes, the West Coast landscape reveals beauty and mystery, infused with her mother’s scrapbook of recipes and remedies. This novel's magic realism and unique style have drawn comparisons to literary giants, marking it as a worthy successor to celebrated Canadian