Every time Autumn Greene opens her mouth, an ugly, steaming pile of truth falls out. This hasn’'t changed in the six years since she fled her home town of Hematite, Ontario. Now that she’s back, the truth-bombs are flying once again, exposing secrets and guilty agendas throughout the community.

Hoping for exoneration, Autumn returns unannounced and uninvited a few days before her big sister Christine’s wedding. In tow is the daughter she conceived in a one-time encounter with Christine’s ex-fiancé. Once burned, twice angry, Christine does all she can to make Autumn unwelcome. Despite her cool reception, Autumn discovers doors to new possibilities when she comes face to face with her high school crush.

Autumn, One Spring is a humour-infused drama that takes truthfulness in relationships seriously.

Autumn, One Spring is Patti Grayson's first novel. A popular book clubs selection, it was short listed for The Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction and the Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher at the 2011 Manitoba Book Awards. Her short fiction collection, Core Samples (Turnstone Press, 2004), also garnered nominations for two Manitoba Book Awards. Patti has worked as a school librarian, advertising copywriter, puppeteer, and actor. She lives near Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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• Runner-up, Manitoba Reads
• Short-listed, Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction
• Short-listed, Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher

Grayson is a master at keeping three balls in the air at once, juggling her characters as they bounce off each other, time and again. And can she write! -Owen Sound Sun Times

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"One hopes this ends up as a television series. With white and [indigenous] extended families mixing, unlimited God's country settings, an officious cop, dangerous wild animals, fed-up city transplants, town gossips, weather emergencies and odd romantic pairings, it fits a formula we've known and loved before." - Maureen Scurfield, Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press

"Autumn, One Spring is a fascinating glimpse of small town life with all its pathos and humour. Grayson has the astounding ability to portray a lively array of characters with a deft and delicate hand. Her voice is compelling and confident; a delightful read."— - Linda Holeman, author of The Saffron Gate

Linda Holeman

"Autumn, One Spring is a funny, entertaining and sincere study of relationships. You will enjoy it!"- Cendrine Marrouat, examiner.com

Cendrine Marrouat, examiner.com

Grayson offers a "warm and genuine main character, (an) authentic portrayal of family triumphs and tensions, (and a) deftly envisioned setting" in Autumn, One Spring.- Leezann Freed-Lobchuk, Prairie Fire Review of Books

Leezann Freed-Lobchuk, Prairie Fire Review of Books

Patti Grayson'’s debut novel captures both the heart and quirkiness of small town life in Canada. With a strong voice, Grayson’s entertaining tale engages with its depiction of how equally infuriating and loyal family can be.— -Daria Salamon, author of The Prairie Bridesmaid

Daria Salamon

"Patti Grayson provides a rollicking good time in this novel of one small town where everybody knows too much about everybody else, and where misunderstandings and good intentions combine to mess things up."- Quentin Mills-Fenn, On the Bookshelf, Style Manitoba

Quentin Mills-Fenn, On the Bookshelf, Style Manitoba