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Podcast: Make It with Mike and Kristen
Episode: Episode 192: How a Pair of Skates Sparked a Novel: Shawn Lawlor on Boom Road
Description: This week on the podcast, we sit down with first-time novelist Shawn Lawlor, author of Boom Road — a darkly funny, tender, and at times violent debut novel set in rural New Brunswick in 1982.
Boom Road follows Jackie O’Connor, a sawmill worker living a simple life along the banks of the Miramichi River. Jackie believes in one thing above all else: keeping your word. But when he unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money, his quiet world is thrown into chaos. Old ghosts resurface, trust becomes slippery, and suddenly everyone wants something from him. With his d...