{"product_id":"the-broken-places-9781774390450","title":"The Broken Places","description":"\u003cp\u003e Shortlisted for 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize and a Globe and Mail Best Book of 2022! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Vancouver. A day like any other. Kyle, a successful cosmetic surgeon, is punishing himself with a sprint up a mountain. Charlotte, wife of a tech tycoon, is combing the farm belt for local cheese and a sense of purpose. Back in the city their families go about their business: landscaping, negotiating deals, skipping school. It's a day like any other-until suddenly it's not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the earthquake hits, the city erupts in chaos and fear. Kyle's and Charlotte's families, along with two passersby, are thrown together in an oceanfront mansion. The conflicts that beset these wildly different people expose the fault lines beneath their relationships, as they question everything in an effort to survive and reunite with their loved ones stranded outside the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrances Peck's debut novel examines the unpredictable ways in which disaster can shake up lives and test personal resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeck, Frances:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eFrances Peck, Vancouver, wrote fiction and poetry until the realities of adulthood and rent steered her toward ghostwriting, editing, and teaching. Known for her workshops on the finer points of language, she is the author of \u003ci\u003ePeck's English Pointers\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of essays and quizzes. She is a co-author of the popular HyperGrammar website, and an essayist and blogger whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eLanguage Update, The Editors' Weekly, West Coast Editor, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGeist\u003c\/i\u003e. Now she's rediscovering the magic of making things up. \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Places\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NeWest Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525731914002,"sku":"9781774390450","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0a4e127a-e5e3-4168-b5ff-047d6f5c0785.jpg?v=1731235561","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-broken-places-9781774390450","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}