Fortieth challenge finish of the year.
Set in 1903 Canada, the main character has killed her abusive husband, and she is running from his two brothers who are intent on seeing her punished one way or another.
I found this at the library, and the cover on the copy I borrowed showed a woman leading a horse through a snowy forest. I'm a sucker for historical survival stories, so the front cover art and the back cover blurb made me pick it up. I had absolutely no idea how, or even if, I could make it count toward the challenge.
I have a habit of of reading the stuff at the back of the book. This one had the author's acknowledgements, a conversation between the author and another author (Michael Ondaatje), and a list of books the author used in writing this one. In the authors' conversation, Mr. Ondaatje says "...And there is a deus ex machina moment late in the book."
Well, thank you, Mr. Ondaatje, for telling me exactly which prompt I could fit this under! And in a way that was a very 'deus ex machina moment late in the book' just for me! Just see the definition below. :)
Deus ex machina: a plot device in which a seemingly impossible problem is abruptly resolved by an unexpected, often highly convenient occurrence."
By the way, I didn't recognize the event in the book that Mr. Ondaatje was talking about as deus ex machina, so it's just a darn good thing that he spelled it out for me. LOL
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