Monkey Beach

Holly says: "Well north of Vancouver in a remote village that the Haisla people call home, tomboy Lisa has always been different: she sees ghosts and experiences premonitions. As she embarks on a perilous journey to find her drowned brother, we learn about her life and her family. I read this decades ago, but it’s always stuck with me for its exploration of family, redemption, and the incredibly brutal but beautiful setting. (Bonus points: Emily St John Mandel listed this as her “favorite book no one else has heard of” in a New York Times interview.)"