Elizabeth After A Novel Author:Matt Cohen Cohen's final novel is a wise & triumphant story of one man's efforts to repair himself & the lives of those around him. It tells the touching story of Carl McKelvey, who in mid-life returns to the small town of West Gull, Ontario, to mend his family's legacy of alcohol & violence, to reconnect with his young daughter, & to reconcile himself wit... more »h the spirit of his beautiful mother, killed several years earlier in a tragic accident. Carl's only problem is that West Gull won't have him. Hesitant to forgive his family's tragic legacy, the community still remembers his mother's radiant warmth, her popularity, & the suspicious circumstances of her passing. Carl realizes that it is up to his own heart, & the hearts of those in West Gull, to allow him a measure of forgiveness.« less