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008			190226s20182018cau 000 0 eng d
020			_a9781487001117
082	1		_aFIC VER _2
100	1		_aVermette, Katherena
245	1	4	_aThe break _c/ Katherena Vermette
260			_aCanada _b: Anansi _c, 2018
300			_a352 p. _c; 21 cm.
520			_a 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.
546			_aEnglish
586			_aWinner of The Governor General's Literary Award.
650		4	_aAuthors, Canadian
650		4	_aIndigenous peoples _x-Fiction
942			_cMO
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