{"product_id":"the-break","title":"The Break","description":"\u003cp\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, The Break 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\/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, The Break showcases Vermette’s abundant writing talent and positions her as an exciting new voice in Canadian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fablefern Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Literary Fiction","offer_id":49325686456622,"sku":"","price":7.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0883\/6756\/3054\/files\/9781487001117.jpg?v=1772507032","url":"https:\/\/www.fablefernbookshop.com\/products\/the-break","provider":"Fablefern Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}