“This wrenching novel grips you from page one. All That’s Left takes a deep dive into what happens — sometimes supportive, sometimes terrifying— in the spaces between people. This is a story filled with tension and tempered with tenderness. Lisa Guenther understands relationships at their best, and at their worst. And she understands the ways that community and connection, music and art help us to pick each other up and carry on, as we must, when the unimaginable happens.”
— Leona Theis, award winning author of If Sylvie Had Nine Lives and Sightlines

“All That’s Left is a sprawling and fascinating story spanning generations, locations, and human experiences. It seamlessly blends the worlds of music touring, Canada’s vast prairies, processing family trauma, and the healing power of our connection to animals. It’s a captivating journey whose directions kept me guessing, and I loved being along for the ride. A highly recommended read by one of Canada’s emerging literary talents.” — Eliza Reid, bestselling author of Secrets of the Sprakkar

“Passionate, sometimes reckless, and always honest, Darby Swank is an enigma, even to herself. A talented musician, a horsewoman, and a survivor, she takes us on a ride from Edmonton’s Whyte Avenue to the bar stages of Toronto and back to the family ranch in Saskatchewan. With a ‘Jesus Horse Cult’, a ruthless stalker, a lesbian preacher, and a family torn apart by silence, All That’s Left explores obsession in its many forms, the sometimes-lethal results of the secrets we keep and the lies we tell ourselves, and the explosive legacy of domestic violence. A renaissance-like fusion of music, horses, sex and love, this page-turning story keeps us in the saddle and hanging on as we thunder toward Darby’s full reckoning with both past and future.”
— Anne Lazurko, award winning author of What is Written on the Tongue and Dollybird