Northern Bull - Paperback

by Michelle Swallow (Author)

Over the course of one bitterly cold winter day in Yellowknife, Northern Bull takes readers on a joyful and hilarious journey of love and friendship as a quirky cast of characters sets out to find a missing moose head.

It's a cold, dark January day in Yellowknife. A down-on-his-luck fisherman, Jacques, needs to convince his landlord not to tear down his ramshackle house. But when his volatile hunting buddy, Craig, accuses him of stealing a prized moose head, Jacques must put everything aside to find the bull before midnight, or there's no telling what Craig might do.

Meanwhile, Jacques's next-door neighbour Maggie is trying to face her fears by writing a story for the annual community burlesque show. But when she accidentally breaks Jacques's window, she is determined to help save his home and find the moose head--and maybe something more.

Over a single day, with flashbacks to the hunting trip that started it all and culminating in a wild night no one in Yellowknife will ever forget, we follow Jacques, Maggie and a quirky cast of supporting characters as they race against time--on snowmobiles--to find the moose, brave the stage, and take a chance on themselves and on love. A hilarious and charming ode to life in the north.

Author Biography

Based in Yellowknife, Michelle Swallow is a long-time resident of the Northwest Territories and has lived in Norman Wells, Aklavik, Inuvik, and Hay River. Her non-fiction book, The Mackenzie River Guide, has helped paddlers travel down Canada's longest river for over a decade. Northern Bull is her debut novel.