A Perfect Gentle Knight [Paperback]

Kit Pearson’s long-awaited new novel tells the story of the five Bell children, each of them coping in various ways in the aftermath of their mother’s death. Set in the 1950s and seen through the perspective of the middle child, 11-year-old Corrie, Pearson’s story illustrates how a rich fantasy life both helps and hinders children trying to cope with loss, loneliness, and growing up.While elder sister Roz is growing up and out of the desire for fantasy games, eldest brother Sebastian, who fancies himself Sir Lancelot in their Round Table game, continues to need them as much as ever,PRAISE FORA Perfect Gentle Knight:

A Perfect Gentle Knightshows Pearson at her best: Great writing in a great and gritty tale, told with realism and compassion. --The Hamilton Spectator

Exceptional. --Ottawa CitizenKit Pearsonworked as a librarian for many years before publishing her first novel,The Daring Game(1986). She went on to write the linked novelsThe Sky Is Falling(1989),Looking at the Moon(1991), andThe Lights Go On Again(1993), published in 1999 as The Guests of War trilogy, andAwake and Dreaming(1996), which won the Governor General’s Award. Pearson lives in Victoria, close to Ross Bay Cemetery, one of the settings inAwake and Dreaming.US