Friendly Fire

Shortlisted for the 2016 O’Reilly
Insurance and the Co-Operators First Book Award!

As a long, hot Saskatchewan summer dawns, Darby Swank’s life is
forever changed when she finds her beloved aunt floating dead in a lake. All at
once, her blinders are lifted and she sees the country lifestyle she’s always
known in a whole new way, with hidden pain and anguish lurking behind familiar
faces, and violence forever threatening to burst forth, like brushfire
smouldering and dormant under the muskeg.

With her first
novel, Lisa Guenther lays bare familial bonds, secret histories and the healing
potential of art. Friendly Fire eviscerates small-town
platitudes and brings important issues to light.