{"product_id":"the-break-9781487001117","title":"The Break","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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, \u003ci\u003eThe Break\u003c\/i\u003e 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\/strong\u003e\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, \u003ci\u003eThe Break\u003c\/i\u003e showcases Vermette's abundant writing talent and positions her as an exciting new voice in Canadian literature.\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 Métis writer from Treaty One territory, the heart of the Métis nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Her first book, \u003cem\u003eNorth End Love Songs\u003c\/em\u003e (The Muses Company) won the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry. Her National Film Board short documentary, \u003cem\u003ethis river\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Coup de Coeur at the Montreal First Peoples Festival and a Canadian Screen Award.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHer first novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Break\u003c\/em\u003e (House of Anansi) was a national bestseller and won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award, the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, and the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award. \u003cem\u003eThe Break\u003c\/em\u003e was shortlisted for a Governor General's Literary Award, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and was a 2017 Canada Reads finalist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Anansi Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50627089072402,"sku":"9781487001117","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0e9985f1-6061-4e9d-9e3c-335388e8dfdf.jpg?v=1732670484","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-break-9781487001117","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}