Raw Light of Morning, The Poetry waiting for a scratch behind

waiting for a scratch behind his ears

or the only person they ever loved

and the specters of a ravaged landscape as well as family secrets

But the thrill of their romance is shadowed by another secret she keeps close: Her birthday marks the day her mother

Raw Light of Morning, The Poetry waiting for a scratch behind***2022 BMO WINTERSET AWARD WINNER*** The Raw Light of Morning is a powerful debut novel about women and children finding humour and love in the aftermath of domestic violence. Fourteen year old Laurel Long does something unimaginable. In a house at the back end of Woods Road, she commits an act of violence that alters the course of her life. Laurel finds herself living in Stephenville, a small town on Newfoundlands west coast, trapped in a system of