Lives of the Saints

National Bestseller
A New York Times Best Book
Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction
Winner of the Books in Canada First Novel Award
Winner of the F.G. Bressani Prize
Winner of the Betty Trask Award
Winner of the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize

First published thirty years ago, Lives of the Saints moves to Anchor Canada


What really happened to Vittorio's mother that day in the stable? That she'd been bitten by a snake was clear enough: the swelling in the ankle proved it. But that other swelling, the one that led eventually to his mother's long, loose dresses, to those dark, cold stares from the other villagers--what strange thing could be taking shape there in his mother's belly, and what doom would it carry them all to?