Susan Haley

Susan Haley’s first two novels, A Nest of Singing Birds and Getting Married in Buffalo Jump, were made into movies for CBC-TV. Most recently she has published The Complaints Department (2000), Maggie's Family (2002) and The Murder of Medicine Bear (2003). Haley and her partner ran a charter airline in Fort Norman, Northwest Territories, for 15 years. She now lives in Black River, Nova Scotia.



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The Complaints Department
Susan Haley

2002 / Fiction / $18.95
9781894031264 / Trade paper / 304 pp


Edition is out of print

After his bureaucracy-savvy little brother beats him in the band chief election and his wife—tired of his drinking, gambling, and neglect—kicks him out, Robert Woodcutter moves into an abandoned fish factory with the town fool—an unlikely start to his journey toward love and reconciliation. Set in the fictional Dene community of Prohibition Creek, N.W.T., The Complaints Department is driven by tensions and jealousies between brothers, husbands and wives, and modern and traditional ways. A whimsical exploration of a community in transition.
Review:
“Haley’s dialogue is strong, her characters well developed and the plot ticks along without a hitch—it’s a great read.” Ray Cronin, Fredericton Daily Gleaner

The Complaints Department is a quietly effective novel about second chances and the triumph of hope over despair.” Virginia Beaton, Halifax Chronicle Herald

There is also a special edition of the book: 9781894031257
Has a newer edition: 9781894031981

Other Books by this Author

Petitot: A Novel
Susan Haley

2013 / Fiction / $31.95 CAN
9781554471263 / Trade paper / 368 pp
The Complaints Department
Susan Haley

2005 / Fiction / $27.95 CAN
9781894031981 / Trade paper / 336 pp
The Murder of Medicine Bear
Susan Haley

2003 / Fiction / $49.95 CAN
9781894031776 / Fine / 464 pp
The Murder of Medicine Bear
Susan Haley

2003 / Fiction / $27.95 CAN
9781894031769 / Trade paper / 464 pp
Maggie’s Family
Susan Haley

2002 / Fiction / $49.95 CAN
9781894031592 / Fine / 288 pp
Maggie’s Family
Susan Haley

2002 / Fiction / $21.95 CAN
9781894031585 / Trade paper / 288 pp
The Complaints Department
Susan Haley

2002 / Fiction / $49.95 CAN
9781894031257 / Fine / 304 pp
Blame it on the Spruce Budworm
Susan Haley

1998 / Fiction / $17.95 CAN
9781894031066 / Trade paper / 240 pp

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