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		Vermette, Katherena, 1977-

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		Métis -- Fiction.
		Violent crimes -- Fiction.
		First Nations women -- Fiction.
		First Nations -- Manitoba -- Fiction.
		Intergenerational relations -- Fiction.
		Amazon.ca First Novel Award.
		Burt Award.
		Winnipeg (Man.) -- Fiction.

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		Amazon.ca First Novel Award.
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The break (book club kit - fiction) / Katherena Vermette.

by Vermette, Katherena, 1977-

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BOOK CLUB KIT FICTION VER

Métis -- Fiction.

Violent crimes -- Fiction.

First Nations women -- Fiction.

First Nations -- Manitoba -- Fiction.

Intergenerational relations -- Fiction.

Amazon.ca First Novel Award.

Winnipeg (Man.) -- Fiction.

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9781487001117 (trade pbk.)

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Book club kit : The break

Bookclub kit : The break

9 copies, 352 p. : geneal. table ; 21 cm.

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Ideal for your Book Club or Reading Group. This kit includes a nylon Halifax Public Libraries bag with 9 copies of Katherena Vermette's "The break", along with author and title information, and a list of discussion questions. The kit is available to borrow for 6 weeks.

"Trigger warning: This book is about recovering and healing from violence. Contains scenes of sexual and physical violence, and depictions of various trauma."--Title page.

When 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. In 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. A powerful intergenerational family saga, The Break showcases Vermette’s abundant writing talent and positions her as an exciting new voice in Canadian literature.

Winner of the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Young Adult Literature (First Prize), 2017.

Winner of the Amazon.ca First Novel Award, 2017.

Canadian fiction.

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