Roses Are Difficult Here

by W.O. Mitchell

Book Overview

This is a novel of small-town life. The town where roses are difficult is Shelby, in the Alberta foothills, and the time is the 1950s. Matt Stanley, the editor of the local paper, relishes the range of people he meets, from Willie MacCrimmon, the local shoemaker and demon curler, to the oldest resident, Daddy Sherry, all the way to the disreputable Rory Napoleon and his wife, Mame, who once conceived at the top of a ferris wheel "because there was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771061099
• ISBN13: 9780771061097
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"