Rabbit Foot Bill: A Novel

Canwood, Saskatchewan, 1947. Leonard Flint, a lonely boy in a small prairie town, finds refuge in the company of the local outsider known as Rabbit Foot Bill. Bill, taciturn and solitary, lets Leonard accompany him on rabbit-snaring trips and into his secluded world—an escape from school, bullies, and a hard father. Everything changes when Leonard witnesses Bill commit a sudden violent act and watches him taken away to prison.

Fifteen years later, now a newly graduated doctor of psychiatry, Leonard arrives at the Weyburn Mental Hospital—an intimidating institution known for experimental LSD trials. There he is stunned to be reunited with Bill and becomes obsessed with uncovering what really happened on that fateful day in 1947.

Based on a true story and written by master stylist Helen Humphreys, Rabbit Foot Bill is a tense, emotionally charged exploration of memory, guilt, the fragility of the human mind, and the long shadow of childhood events. Perfect for readers of historical fiction, psychological drama, and literary novels rooted in Canadian prairie life.

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