Rootless - Hardcover

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Rootless is the fictional memoir of Helen Clark who travels across Canada before she triumphs over her abusive childhood.

The book is a bold, unflinching exploration of memory, identity, and the restless search for belonging. Told in a lyrical voice that moves between past and present, history and invention, Nigel Scotchmer’s debut novel blends confession, irony, and philosophy into a story of survival and self-discovery.

From the cold winters of Ottawa to the sunlit ruins of Ai-Khanoum, from intimate love affairs to encounters with myth and history, Rootless weaves a tapestry of exile, passion, and regret. Its characters wrestle with contradictions—freedom and constraint, belonging and alienation, desire and restraint—in a way that recalls the voices of Marguerite Duras and Kazuo Ishiguro.

With echoes of Plato, Xenophon, and ancient epics, this is a meditation on what it means to live without roots in a fractured world. At once raw and poetic, Rootless will resonate with readers of literary fiction, feminist narratives, and philosophical memoirs.

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