{"product_id":"9781487001117","title":"The Break","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Amazon.ca First Novel Award and a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Governor General’s Literary Award, \u003cem\u003eThe Break\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning and heartbreaking debut novel about a multigenerational Métis–Anishnaabe family dealing with the fallout of a shocking crime in Winnipeg’s North End.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break — a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house — she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly, with the victim — police, family, and friends — tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night. Lou, a social worker, grapples with the departure of her live-in boyfriend. Cheryl, an artist, mourns the premature death of her sister Rain. Paulina, a single mother, struggles to trust her new partner. Phoenix, a homeless teenager, is released from a youth detention centre. Officer Scott, a Métis policeman, feels caught between two worlds as he patrols the city. Through their various perspectives a larger, more comprehensive story about lives of the residents in Winnipeg’s North End is exposed.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA powerful intergenerational family saga, \u003cem\u003eThe Break\u003c\/em\u003e showcases Vermette’s abundant writing talent and positions her as an exciting new voice in Canadian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"katherena vermette (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46037360115900,"sku":"9781487001117","price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_52fc8522-c00a-41ea-adec-40b613522fe0.jpg?v=1773082942","url":"https:\/\/wordsquirrelbooks.com\/products\/9781487001117","provider":"Word Squirrel Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}