Starlight

Though Unfinished, Richard Wagamese’s Starlight Deserves a Read

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief The titular character of Richard Wagamese’s swan song Starlight, Frank Starlight, is a quiet rancher living on the land where he was raised, which he knows like the back of his hand. With him is his farmhand turned best friend, Eugene Roth. Their shared lives are flipped when they take in Emmy Strong and her daughter Winnie, who are on the run from an abusive ex and his henchman. This might sound like a fairly simple story — and in some ways it is. However, as with all of Richard Wagamese’s work, it’s not so much…

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