{"title":"Leslie Howard","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile nurturing a lifelong dream of becoming a writer, \u003cstrong\u003eLeslie Howard\u003c\/strong\u003e earned a degree in economics and political science and went on to a successful career in one of Canada’s leading financial institutions. Her 2020 debut novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Brideship Wife\u003c\/em\u003e (Simon \u0026amp; Schuster), became a national bestseller. Four years later, her second novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Celestial Wife\u003c\/em\u003e (Simon \u0026amp; Schuster), received praise from the \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eChatelaine\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. Howard divides her time between Vancouver and a small cider apple farm in the Okanagan Valley, BC.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"9781771625005","title":"Shades of Emily : A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch6\u003eDescription\u003c\/h6\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith more than a hundred years of history separating its two narrators—one of them a young lawyer in twenty-first-century New York, the other the famed early-twentieth-century artist Emily Carr—this magnetic new novel by bestselling author Leslie Howard offers a multigenerational story of love, ambition and breaking with convention.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dark-hued painting that thirty-year-old lawyer Cassie Hastings has been commissioned to buy for millions at auction in New York City comes with a note taped to the back, containing a single line: “To my one true and everlasting love.” The identity of the intended recipient is a mystery, but both painting and message are unquestionably from the same source: the pioneering Canadian artist Emily Carr.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom here on in this engrossing new novel by bestselling author Leslie Howard, Cassie’s life—troubled by an insincere fiancé and a duplicitous colleague—becomes entwined in the experiences of the renowned artist, sending echoes back and forth over a gap of more than a century. As Cassie pursues the possibility that one of her own ancestors is the time-obscured recipient of Emily’s dedication, the tale forms a kind of double helix, with the two women alternating as narrator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisplaying the attention to historical detail and psychological depth that drew widespread acclaim for her novels \u003cem\u003eThe Brideship Wife\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Celestial Wife\u003c\/em\u003e, Howard conjures a vision of the pressures and heartbreak faced by generations of ambitious women, and the strength these challenges have summoned in them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It was as if the painter had two stories to tell,” Cassie notes while looking for the first time at the framed image of forest that will join her life to the illustrious artist’s, “one joyful, one sad, like something darker lurked behind the vivid, transcendent colour.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Only in the complex hyperreality of art can truth and fantasy meet on equal terms. Art itself is the magic catalyst of \u003cem\u003eShades of Emily\u003c\/em\u003e, which deftly defoliates the legend-obscured surface of Carr’s life, like the painting at the centre of the story, revealing colours and truths we never suspected. This surprising, moving odyssey through the lives of Carr and those seeking to solve her mysteries is a work of art worthy of the artist who inspired it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e–Grant Hayter-Menzies, author of \u003cem\u003eWoo, the Monkey Who Inspired Emily Carr\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch6\u003eDetails \u003c\/h6\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDouglas \u0026amp; McIntyre\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781771625005\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e6 in x 9 in - 288 pp\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 22\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003eBISAC Subject(s): FICTION \/ Biographical \u0026amp; Autofiction,FICTION \/ Women,FICTION \/ Historical \/ 20th Century \/ General \u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Douglas \u0026 McIntyre","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":47664672997634,"sku":"9781771625005","price":26.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0469\/8229\/9803\/files\/Placeholdercoverblankwhite_0d89fb9d-421e-4cb1-aa6f-4449c06c19af.png?v=1780100444"}],"url":"https:\/\/douglas-mcintyre.com\/collections\/leslie-howard.oembed","provider":"Douglas \u0026 McIntyre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}