The Break
2016 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize finalistWhen 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...
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2016 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize finalistWhen 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, wit
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781487001117 (1487001118)
Publisher: House of Anansi Press
Pages no: 350
Edition language: English
This is one of the most traumatic stories I think I have ever read. It is also one of the best books about how families can love & support each other that I have ever read.I listened to the audiobook & the way the narrator is able to voice each of these characters was art in itself.Stunning.
An ok read for me but sadly not one for my favourites listThe Break is a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside the home of Stella a young Métis mother. One evening Stella looks out of her window and spots someone in trouble on the Break ― she calls the police to alert them to a possibl...