Book description
Niagara Falls, 1915
When Bess Heath returns to her family home near the picturesque
falls, it is to an unfamiliar scene - the elegance of the life she
once knew has vanished. Her father is a broken man, jobless and losing
hope, and her mother is struggling to keep the family afloat. Isabel,
the lively, charismatic sister Bess has always relied on is almost
unrecognisable. Her engagement called off, she languishes in her
bedroom, brooding and refusing to eat.
Through all of this Bess finds solace in Tom Cole, a man she met by
chance the night she returned home. Constant, gentle and devoted to
Bess, he understands better than anyone the awesome and potentially
devastating power of the falls - and consoles her through a tragedy
that nearly ruins her. But as their lives become more fully entwined,
Bess is forced to make a painful choice between what she wants and
what is best for her family . . .
Cathy Marie Buchanan was born and raised in Niagara Falls and now
lives in Toronto. A graduate of the Humber School of Writing, her
fiction has appeared in many of Canada's premier journals.
The Day
the Falls Stood Still
is her first novel.
