“Crow Lake” is one of those rare literary finds that are captured immediately and irrevocably, quietly, imperceptibly, but surely. The book is so emotionally rich and at the same time calm that from the very first pages it becomes clear that only a very talented author can write such a thing. Set in the Badlands of Northern Ontario, a slow-paced, yet intensely tense story set in the Badlands of Northern Ontario, the hardships of the people seem to be reflected in a harsh landscape.

The Morrison family is different from the surrounding farmers - since the time of their great-grandmother, they have been striving for a serious education, and here are young Luke and Matt, graduating from school, it seems that they will be the first in their family to receive it. But a fatal accident turns their whole life upside down...

Kate Morrison has been watching since childhood what is happening in her native village, the strange stories that happen in the family of neighbors, whose life is an endless Greek tragedy, she is trying to understand a series of either dramas or ordinary events. Her story about childhood, youth, brothers, neighbors, about herself draws you in like a pool in a deep lake.

“Crow Lake” is the story of the growing up of four children living in a bear corner, a poetic elegy glorifying restrained beauty of the northern region, and a deep psychological romance. Without plot special effects, the book tries to answer the questions of what is stronger - circumstances or character, psychological trauma or the desire to live.