Seventeen-year-old Grace McIntyre’s father is a sexual predator. Her mother, trapped in a hateful marriage, is emotionally bereft and unavailable to her children. The anger in Grace’s home drives her brother to suicide and Grace to seek solace with another family and their troubled teenage son. Grace becomes the link between the families whose lives entwine in one act of evil and, ultimately, hope for redemption.

National Bestseller

“Lures is a vivid and intimate study of the poignancy of youth
and the painful but ever-hopeful ambivalence of familial love.”
—Lynn Coady, author of Saints of Big Harbour

“A captivating novel . . . Goyette possesses a powerful gift of articulation.
She finds words for emotions we never knew we had.”
—The Gazette (Montreal)

“A disturbing and compelling story…” —Elle (Canada)

“Extraordinary . . . a breath-taking examination of the art of human communication.”—Books in Canada

“Her facility with description and language is beautiful.”
—The Edmonton Journal

“I read Lures in one tense sitting, unable to wait overnight to learn
how the children of this novel endure the heart-rending injustices Sue Goyette builds into the adult world they inhabit. Her writing is that
of a seasoned novelist—authentic, edgy, and precise. Her characters are complex, sometimes startling in their originality, and unforgettable.”
—Pearl Luke, author of Burning Ground

Length: 289 pp
Setting: Montreal, Canada
Period: contemporary



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Sue Goyette’s first book of poetry, The True Names of Birds, published by Brick in 1998, was nominated for the Gerald Lampert Award, the Pat Lowther Award and the Governor General’s Award for poetry. Her latest poetry collection is titled Undone, and she is currently finishing her second novel, Miracle.