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William Goler, the head of an incest clan living in an isolated part of Canada, allowed his family members to have sex with the children.

"My main character goes on a quest for a ghost story," Babcock said in a recent interview. "That's not what she finds, but that's her quest." Her book follows the journey of a sharp but anxious protagonist as she researches the lives of a long-gone family on Nova Scotia's south shore. In promotional materials, the story is described as drawing inspiration from "the true story of the notorious Goler clan of Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley." In 1984, several members of the Goler family and other adults, who for generations had lived isolated from other communities in the Annapolis Valley, were...

Halifax author tackles notorious tale of N.S. family in new novel Poll Yes Becca Babcock is shown in a handout photo. The Halifax-based author's first novel, One Who Has Been Here Before, was published April 20. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Claire Fraser MANDATORY CREDIT Halifax author Becca Babcock’s first novel, “One Who Has Been Here Before,” is part of a recent resurgence of Atlantic gothic writing that subverts the region’s idyllic image to tackle darker parts of the past. And in this case she has chosen a particularly sombre chapter, inspired by a real-life tale that is still remembere...