The Break
Book one: The Stranger family trilogy
$25.97
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
30 January 2024
Summary
International bestseller The Break is the first in Katherena Vermette’s heart-rending, utterly immersive Indigenous family saga that includes The Strangers and The Circle, now in B-format with a series tie-in cover.
When Stella, a young Metis 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. But when they …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780702268403 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0702268402 |
| Author: | Katherena Vermette |
| Publisher: | University of Queensland Press |
| Imprint: | University of Queensland Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 2024 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 27mm |
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About The Author
Katherena Vermette
Katherena Vermette (she/her) is a Red River Metis (Michif) writer from Treaty 1 territory, the heart of the Metis Nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Vermette received the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry for her first book, North End Love Songs. Her first novel, The Break, won several awards including the Amazon First Novel Award, and was a bestseller in Canada. Her second novel, The Strangers, won the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, named Indigo’s 2021 Book of the Year, and was a #1 national bestseller. Her work in children’s literature includes the graphic novel series A Girl Called Echo. Vermette lives with her family in a cranky old house within skipping distance of the temperamental Red River. Her latest novel is The Circle.
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