Fiction. With its soundtrack of sixties pop songs, swamp creatures, motor boats and the rapid-fire punning of the family's Marchspeak, WHEN FENELON FALLS will take you to a time and place that was never as idyllic as it seemed, where not belonging turns the Summer of Love into a summer of loss. "The meta-fictional aspect of the novel provides a generous extra layer of storytelling that is both funny and wise. The writing is strong and complex and the subject matter, unique, important and emotionally moving"--Lisa Moore.

Author City: Oakville, ON CAN

Like Jordan in WHEN FENELON FALLS, Dorothy Ellen Palmer was likely conceived during Hurricane Hazel and adopted at age three. She grew up in and near Toronto and spent summers in Ontario's cottage country, just north of Fenelon Falls. In her twenty-three years as a drama/English teacher, Dorothy taught in a Mennonite colony, a four-room schoolhouse in rural Alberta and an adult learning center attached to a prison. She coaches for the Canadian Improv Games. This is her first novel.