Sleepers and Ties, gail kirkpatrick

Now or Never Publishing, 2023

Sleepers and Ties by Gail Kirkpatrick is one of the loveliest and most accomplished books I have read of late. Written with a mesmerizing use of language, the prose narrative is often poetic. Margaret is a curator at a small Canadian museum. While settling her late sister’s affairs, she discovers that her sister has left a bequest for the revival of a rural railway line. The novel deals with a number of story lines, all beautifully nuanced and interconnected. This is a thought-provoking, utterly evocative and moving book.

—Lucy E.M. Black, Port Perry