“Carpenter Creek can be considered climate fiction, as the threat of fire is ever present; a Bildungsroman that chronicles Ray’s coming-of-age during the tail end of the hippie movement; and a family drama that builds over decades. It’s also one of those books that sidesteps tidy answers in favour of larger existential questions, such as the role of inheritance—from genetics and personality to material circumstances and the stories we tell about our lives.”
Thanks to Marisa Grizenko for her review of Carpenter Creek.
