A Stone’s Throw

A Stone’s Throw by Bill E. Byers

Like the Lost Village of his childhood, Victor Gibson is feeling uprooted.

In the summer of 1968, alone in the old family farmhouse, he struggles amid the neglected remnants of the once famous Gibson Apple Orchard.

Then a chance encounter leads him to a surprising path forward.

Gazing from his asphalt beach across the St. Lawrence Seaway, he can’t imagine where the waves will carry him.

Published May 2024
ISBN: 978-1-77257-419-7 (PB)
ISBN: 978-1-77257-420-3 (eBook)

Reader Reviews:

“I loved Bill E. Byers’ A Stone’s Throw. Although it is set in the time of earlier generations, it resonates eloquently (and deliberately) with today’s malaise around our loss of a sense of community, the elusive idea of ‘home’ and the environmental degradation as a cost of a relentless and blind drive for progress at all costs. His main character wants to believe in something, make a difference, leave a trace behind that in a small way matters…leaves a ripple.” – Laurence Green Associate Professor, Cinema and Media Arts, York University, Toronto, Ontario

“I read A Stone’s Throw in a single afternoon and evening.  I could not put it down. The author’s details of all things Hydro and Seaway are spot on.  The plot is captivating.  Bill E Byers has left no stones unturned.  Not even the Canada Island stone/rock!” – Jim Brownell President, Lost Villages Historical Society, Long Sault, Ontario