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The Break by Katherena Vermette; Overdrive Inc is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Break about?

Winner 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. 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 liv

Who reads The Break?

Author

Katherena Vermette; Overdrive Inc

Publisher

House of Anansi Press Inc

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781487001124

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.35 / 5 (2,884 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14