{"product_id":"finding-edward-9781770866263","title":"Finding Edward","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Toronto Book Awards\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for Canada Reads 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Globe and Mail Best Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cyril Rowntree migrates to Toronto from Jamaica in 2012. Managing a precarious balance of work and university he begins to navigate his way through the implications of being racialized in his challenging new land. \u003cp\u003eA chance encounter with a panhandler named Patricia leads Cyril to a suitcase full of photographs and letters dating back to the early 1920s. Cyril is drawn into the letters and their story of a white mother's struggle with the need to give up her mixed race baby, Edward. Abandoned by his own white father as a small child, Cyril's keen intuition triggers a strong connection and he begins to look for the rest of Edward's story.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs he searches, Cyril unearths fragments of Edward's itinerant life as he crisscrossed the country. Along the way, he discovers hidden pieces of Canada's Black history and gains the confidence to take on his new world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurray, Sheila:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheila Murray\u003c\/strong\u003e's short fiction has been published in various literary journals, including \u003cem\u003eDescant\u003c\/em\u003e, the\u003cem\u003e Dalhousie Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and the\u003cem\u003e New Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e. Murray is an advocate for social justice and climate change response and currently works as project director with CREW (Community Resilience to Extreme Weather). She was born in St. Alban's, England, and now lives in Hamilton, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cormorant Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50379402281234,"sku":"9781770866263","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c72271dd-e4e1-4c51-81ea-6b0332a921f2.jpg?v=1728661163","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/finding-edward-9781770866263","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}