{"product_id":"the-break-by-katherena-vermette","title":"The Break by Katherena Vermette - Used","description":"\u003cp\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, The Break 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\/p\u003e\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\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\u003cp\u003eA powerful intergenerational family saga, The Break showcases Vermette’s abundant writing talent and positions her as an exciting new voice in Canadian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"secondchancereads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51734956015832,"sku":"9781487001117","price":13.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/7704\/9816\/files\/9781487001117.jpg?v=1780003437","url":"https:\/\/secondchancereads.com\/products\/the-break-by-katherena-vermette","provider":"secondchancereads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}