The break / Katherena Vermette.
"When 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. 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 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. A powerful intergenerational family saga, The Break showcases Vermette’s abundant writing talent and positions her as an exciting new voice in Canadian literature." -- provided by publisher
Record details
- ISBN: 9781487001117 (trade paperback) :
- Physical Description: 352 pages : genealogical table ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : House of Anansi Press, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Trigger warning: This book is about recovering and healing from violence. Contains scenes of sexual and physical violence, and depictions of various trauma." |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Issued also in electronic format. |
Awards Note: | Writers' Trust of Canada, finalist. Governor General's Literary Awards, Winner. Canada Reads 2017 selection. |
Search for related items by subject
Genre: | Canadian literature. |
Topic Heading: | 2017 Canada Reads longlist Aboriginal. Canadian fiction Festival of the Written Arts 2018 > Sechelt (B.C.) Indigenous collection |
Available copies
- 81 of 100 copies available at Sitka.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Elkford Public Library. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 1 current hold with 0 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Elkford Public Library | FC VER (Text) | 35170000420554 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Alert Bay Public Library | AF VER (Text) | 35125000122295 | Canadian | Volume hold | Available | - |
Beaver Valley Public Library | F VER (Text) | 35144000165329 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Bibliothèque Ste-Anne Library | FIC VER (Text) | 31511010022881 | English Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Boissevain-Morton Library | F/Vermette (Text) | 36266000282603 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Bowen Island Public Library | F VER (Text) | 30947000509931 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Bren Del Win Centennial Library | F Vermette (Text) | 36320000333666 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Burns Lake Public Library | AF VER (Text) | 35198000624073 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Castlegar Public Library | FIC VER (Text) | 35146002005296 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Chalo School | FN 813.6 VER (Text) | 37200000092661 | First Nation | Not holdable | Available | - |
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