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Praise for Jack Todd's Rain Falls Like Mercy Powerful . . . Todd's vivid language is perfectly suited to the epic sweep of his narrative. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) A sweeping story . . . Lean yet visceral prose . . . Todd masterfully captures both the larger historical moment and the more intimate details of family life. --Booklist (starred review) Todd's writing is exceptional and vivid. . . . A brilliant, compelling . . . and highly readable novel. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Innocence is savagely confronted by intolerance in a modern morality tale with classical roots . . . The writing is lyrical and the storytelling sincere. - Kirkus Reviews In Canada, Jack Todd is known more as an outspoken sportswriter than the brilliant, lyrical storyteller he is. Rose & Poe is a gift to us all, written so beautifully it takes the reader to a place where we not only learn, but more importantly, we feel. The vibrant characters and flowing narrative touched me deeply. This book showed in the most powerful way the spectrum of who we are as humans: our ability to love, accept, and encourage, and our potential for hurt, hate, and ignorance. A magnificent read. - Clara Hughes, O.C., O.M., six-time Olympic medalist Summer and Winter Games Shades of William Faulkner! We have known for years that Jack Todd is one of North America's great sportswriters. With Rose & Poe he elevates his game to fiction - and does so magnificently - Roy MacGregor, author of The Home Team and Canoe Country Part crime/court novel, part legend, reminiscent of Of Mice and Men and The Tempest, you should be sure to add this to your TBR and snap it up as soon as it's available! - Partial to Prose blog In this shining cautionary tale, Jack Todd weaves eternal threads of love and compassion through the fabric of our malice. Memorable and true, the title characters in Rose & Poe are gifted with the grace of affection. - Trevor Ferguson (aka John Farrow) In this backwoods New England Tempest, the cloud-capped towers and gorgeous palaces of Shakespeare's imagining have given way to a rickety tower built of railroad ties and a little yellow house with a goat shed out behind. Jack Todd transforms the story into a haunting parable, full of anger at the cruelties that deform modern America and of hope in the power of unconditional love. - Mark Abley, author of Spoken Here: Travels among Threatened Languages

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Jack Todd was born and grew up in Nebraska. He came to Canada during the Vietnam War and eventually settled in Montreal, where he has been a columnist for the Montreal Gazette for nearly 30 years. He is the author of a memoir and three previous novels.

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