Celebrating the depth and diversity of BC publishing
Author Helen Humphreys will be joining us virtually to discuss her book “Rabbit Foot Bill” and her interest in and research of Saskatchewan’s mid-twentieth century LSD mental health trials. She will also talk about her latest book about the writer’s life.
“Rabbit Foot Bill” is one of NVDPL’s Book Club book selections. Find out when the next discussion is by clicking here, then be sure to register for that book club.
About the author:
Helen Humphreys is the award-winning author of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Her latest book is the memoir, And A Dog Called Fig, published by HarperCollins. She lives and writes in Kingston, Ontario.
About the book:
“Rabbit Foot Bill” by Helen Humphreys
Canwood, Saskatchewan, 1947. Leonard Flint, a lonely boy in a small farming town befriends the local tramp, a man known as Rabbit Foot Bill. Bill doesn’t talk much, but he allows Leonard to accompany him as he sets rabbit snares and to visit his small, secluded dwelling. Being with Bill is everything to young Leonard–an escape from school, bullies and a hard father. So his shock is absolute when he witnesses Bill commit a sudden violent act and loses him to prison. Fifteen years on, as a newly graduated doctor of psychiatry, Leonard arrives at the Weyburn Mental Hospital, both excited and intimidated by the massive institution known for its experimental LSD trials. To Leonard’s great surprise, at the Weyburn he is reunited with Bill and soon becomes fixated on discovering what happened on that fateful day in 1947. Based on a true story.
Registration required. Register online or call 604-987-4471, ext. 8175.