Welcome to a year in the life of Alfalfa, a small town like all small towns of middle-America, a farm community where you will meet strange and wonderful characters such as... Hilbert TeBrake, who is convinced this is the year he will finally beat Earlie Prior in the giant cauliflower championship at the Alfalfa Fair.Robert Meyer the town photographer, a bachelor and the best friend an Alfalfa bride ever had on her wedding day - until one day the police have good reason to step into his home and discover the unexpected. A cast of characters which will remind the reader of Garrison Keillor's...

Heron River probes the fierce bonds of family, the tragic consequences of human failure, and the persistent reverberations of history and memory. The story is set in a small Ontario town. Madeline Harbottle, a woman with a debilitating illness, seeks solace from the pain of the past and the challenges of the present. Her son Adam, damaged from a tragic childhood accident, finds security in his routine existence, until he falls prey to a cunning deception. Jacob Cunningham, a gifted thirteen-year-old boy, harbours a dark secret that he must confront in order to be whole. A young female police...