The Break
  • Published:
    Mar-2018
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    Literary
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    360
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Winner of the Amazon.ca First Novel Award and a finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award, The Break is a stunning and heartbreaking debut novel about a multigenerational MĂ©tisâ€"Anishnaabe family dealing with the fallout of a shocking crime in Winnipeg's North End.

When Stella, a young MĂ©tis 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.

In 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 MĂ©tis 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.

A powerful intergenerational family saga, The Break showcases Vermette's abundant writing talent and positions her as an exciting new voice in Canadian literature.
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    • First Edition
    • Mar-2018
    • House of Anansi Press
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1487001118
    • ISBN13: 9781487001117
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    • Sep-2018
    • Grove Press
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 1786493918
    • ISBN13: 9781786493910
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    • Sep-2016
    • House of Anansi Press Inc
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1487001126
    • ISBN13: 9781487001124
    •  
    • Sep-2016
    • House of Anansi Press
    • eBook (Kindle)
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    • Dec-2017
    • Allen & Unwin (AUS)
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1760639354
    • ISBN13: 9781760639358



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