Froward:
adjective
fro·ward | \ ˈfrō-(w)ərd \
Difficult to deal with; contrary. Disposed to disobedience and opposition.
Late Old English frāward 'leading away from, away'

Sophie McNaughton hasn't just dropped the ball. She's dropped the coffin. Her mother's, to be exact, after volunteering to be pallbearer at the funeral.

As a combination whodunit and road-trip-across-Canada romp, The Froward Woman features a broker who decides to leave her old life behind due to old and festering family wounds. Along the way, she discovers things about her father's death—and her mother's life—that need a closer look. Wrongs will be righted and memories finally set to rest, in a rollicking foray across several months and provinces.

Dominique Millette is a bilingual author and translator based in London, Ontario. She has written and published two books in French (the novel La Delphinée and the novella collection Car les dieux sont avec nous), one theatrical monologue (L'Éveil de Sycorax) and several short stories in both languages. The creation of her second novel in French, Gouroueville, was funded by the Canada Arts Council. "Better than Elvis" came in second in Maisonneuve magazine's science fiction short story contest. "Oomblaug Day" was published in English in Parsec magazine. The author also studied with Joan Barfoot at the Humber School of Creative Writing.