The hour of the fox

Resource Information

The work The hour of the fox represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Audio, Nonmusical, Sounds, Music.

Label

The hour of the fox

Statement of responsibility

by Kurt Palka

Creator

• Palka, Kurt, 1941-

Contributor

• Fulford, Wendii

Author

• Palka, Kurt, 1941-

Narrator

• Fulford, Wendii

Subject

• Women lawyers -- Fiction
• Female friendship -- Ficiton
• Life change events -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Ficiton

Language

eng

Summary

Margaret Bradley is the most senior associate at her prestigious law firm, and on track to make partner. It's the late 1970s, and since her days at law school she has been fighting to prove herself in a male-dominated field. Though her climb up the professional ladder hasn't been an easy one, she feels passion and purpose in her job. That is, until her entire world is shattered by one event: the sudden death of her son Andrew, a military pilot. Now, Margaret lives with a heavy, all-encompassing sense of loss and regret, and it is pushing her further and further away from her husband, Jack, a successful geologist and a loving and loyal partner. Margaret is drawn back to Sweetbarry, a small town on the coast of the North Atlantic, where she spent much of her childhood and inherited her beloved grandmother's house. Her life-long best friend, Aileen, is close by. When Aileen's adult son, Danny, is questioned by local police in connection with a violent crime that shocks the community, Margaret provides legal and moral support. And it is while doing so that an opportunity presents itself for her to confront her sorrow. She sees "a door opening. A way forward," and she boldly reaches out with an act of courage and humility that has profound consequences. Bestseller. 2018

Cataloging source

AC

Form of composition

other

PerformerNote

Wendii Fulford

Target audience

specialized