The Break

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Unfortunately as a byproduct of their blundering into unknown territory, they unleash a horde of unusual ants laden with a never heard of fungus.

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As vampiric real estate professional Viola and secret charlatan Fox try to solve the mystery of the ghost’s death, they are drawn into a quest that neither wants nor expects. The Break refers to a piece of land between two rows of houses which is outside the home of Stella a young Métis mother who witnessed a violent act on the Break. Ultimately his quest leads him to a desolated Fort McPherson with a grotesque tableau of death and destruction. With that in mind, we’ve pulled together the ultimate list of novels, essay collections, self-help books and manifestos to offer you solace, hope and practical advice in your time of need. While the book is heartbreaking and raw, Vermette keeps the focus on the healing power of family and tradition.

She opens readers up to the idea that love is something that goes beyond sex and desire; it is a healing, uniting force that can exist between all individuals, groups, and nations. Lucy’s been so focused on her dissertation that she hardly realized that her relationship with her boyfriend was crumbling. My one regret is that I didn’t adopt this attitude when I was twenty-seven, but I knew nothing when I was twenty-seven. It's constant and just quiet enough that you can ignore it, like a whisper you know is a voice but you can't hear the words. Stella was a really interesting character, and although she had distanced herself from her Native roots, she found herself acting as a keeper for all of the stories that had been told to her since her own mother's early death (a role that her white husband didn't really understand).

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She shares with readers how she began to live again in the face of uncertainty and in spite of pain. We learn of his struggle over his identity, from his colleague’s microaggressions to his own partner’s unfunny remarks about indigenous people.In a CBC Radio interview, Vermette explained her impetus for writing this novel: People don't understand what it's like to not be able to walk around your neighbourhood or have all of your friends have a molestation story in their childhood. Addiction, domestic and sexual abuse, marital dissolution, aboriginal gang life, and social services all figure in the back stories of the central characters, all of whom (with the exception of Tommy) are female. At the front of the book there is a "TRIGGER WARNING: This book is about recovering and healing from violence. I thought the author gave a realistic voice to these women as we seen how they coped with the violence and how they healed each other through their love, strength, resilience and kindness.

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I'm known to ONLY read to ten percent through the book and then quit because it's too boring or the writing is haphazard or I couldn't connect to the characters etc etc. Auf den ersten Blick scheint die Geschichte fast ein Krimi zu sein, auf den zweiten Blick geht die Autorin hier aber viel tiefer: Sie erzählt von indigenen Frauen in Kanada, der generationenübergreifenden Gewalt, die man ihnen angetan hat - und immer noch antut - und den daraus resultierenden Traumata, die sich von Müttern auf Töchter und Enkelinnen überträgt. I did find this book to be well-written, and I really admire the skill it takes to convincingly wrap words together to form a story that wouldn't let me go. It didn't gawk at the tragic event that takes place in the book or at its survivors, it didn't make excuses or try to make saints or devils out of the various characters, it didn't make me feel like a victim or hopeless myself.

A big thank you to Edelweiss, House of Anansi Press and Katherena Vermette for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review! The Break is an emotional, powerful and intense literary thriller about the strength and love that connects a family of women and friends together, while dealing with a violent act. There's a lot of action, and while that makes for entertaining reading, I started to roll my eyes at the amount of times Jeremiah narrowly escaped death and how many times he was seriously injured. The author paints a realistic picture of life in this community, and paints too much of it, in my view. She lovingly encourages readers to forget the typical advice about staying busy and moving on, and instead, pushes them to take this opportunity to self-transform.