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Roughneck

Jeff Lemire

2017270 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2017
first published
  • 2017Gallery 13, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Inc. · 270 pages · ENGISBN 9781501160998
  • 2018Gallery 13 · 272 pagesISBN 9781476773995

"Derek Ouelette's glory days are behind him. His hockey career ended a decade earlier in a violent incident on ice, and since then he's been living off his reputation in the remote northern community where he grew up, drinking too much and fighting anyone who crosses him. But he never counts on his long-lost sister, Beth, showing up one day out of the blue, back in town and on the run from an abusive boyfriend. Looking to hide out for a while, the two siblings hunker down in a secluded hunting camp deep in the local woods. It is there that they attempt to find a way to reconnect with each other and the painful secrets of their past even as Beth's ex draws closer, threatening to pull both Derek and Beth back into a world of self-destruction that they are fighting tooth and nail to leave behind" --

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Character focusSmall ensemble

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ThemesFamily
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