Evening Snow will Bring Such Peace is set in a small town in Cape Breton, this time in the late 1970's. Ivan and Cindy have only been married a short time when they have a fight that attracted a lot of attention. The book then circles around them, their family and their friends. Small town politics prevail as rumours fly.. right or wrong they then colour how their behaviour is interpreted from that point on. A theme I see in this book is the central importance the characters place on how others see them. Some paint themselves as victims and everyone around them as villains in an attempt too impress others. Some attempt to look heroic and helpful, even at the cost of the people they are 'helping'... just so long as it gets them attention and makes them look good. They often selectively help people based more on prejudice (against the person they are helping, and the ones they are 'saving' them from) than an actual urge to help.

This book was slow to start (for me) but I am glad I read it. A quote I really like is " 'There's a lot of ways people hide bigotry from themselves,' the doctor mumbled 'one of them is progressive concern.'" ( )

A very dark maritime tale with a dash of hope ( )