{"product_id":"north-end-love-songs-9781897289761","title":"North End Love Songs","description":"\u003cp\u003eKatherena Vermette's award-winning poetry collection \u003ci\u003eNorth End Love Songs\u003c\/i\u003e is an ode to the place she grew up, where the beauty of the natural world is overlaid with the rough reality of crime and racism. When a young girl's brother goes missing, she learns what prejudice and discrimination mean, as the police and the media dismiss his disappearance because he is young and Indigenous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead alone, or as a companion to Vermette's award-winning novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Break\u003c\/i\u003e and its follow-up, \u003ci\u003eThe Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorth End Love Songs\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving tribute to the people who make the North End their home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVermette, Katherena:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eKatherena Vermette is a Red River Métis (Michif) writer from Treaty 1 territory, the heart of the Métis Nation. She has published poetry, novels, and children's literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVermette received the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry for her first book, \u003ci\u003eNorth End Love Songs\u003c\/i\u003e (The Muses' Company).\u003ci\u003e The Break\u003c\/i\u003e (House of Anansi) won several awards including the Amazon.ca First Novel Award, and was a bestseller in Canada. Her National Film Board documentary, this river won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoad Allowance Era\u003c\/i\u003e (HighWater Press) is the final installment of her graphic novel series \u003ci\u003eA Girl Called Echo\u003c\/i\u003e and is listed among CBC Books 21 Canadian comics to watch for in Spring 2021. \u003ci\u003eThe Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e (Hamish Hamilton) is the follow-up to her award-winning debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Break\u003c\/i\u003e and features characters from the same world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn to a Metis father and a Mennonite mother, Vermette grew up in in the North End of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where she currently resides.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Muses' Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493202170130,"sku":"9781897289761","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d3f7ffb6-f27e-45c7-8e46-c1e13be816ae.jpg?v=1730636062","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/north-end-love-songs-9781897289761","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}