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The Break

Auteur(s): Katherena Vermette
Narrateur(s): Michaela Washburn
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2017 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Literature Finalist
Winner, Amazon.ca First Novel Award
Winner, Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction
Winner, Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award
Winner, McNally Robinson Book of the Year
A Canada Reads 2017 finalist
National Bestseller
2016 Governor General's Literary Award Finalist
2016 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Finalist
National Post 99 Best Books of the Year
CBC Best Canadian Debut Novels 2016
Globe and Mail Best 100 Books of 2016
Quill & Quire Book of the Year
Kobo Best Books of the Year
Walrus Magazine The Best Books of 2016
49th Shelf Books of the Year

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.

A powerful intergenerational family saga, The Break showcases Vermette's abundant writing talent and positions her as an exciting new voice in Canadian literature.

©2016 Katherena Vermette (P)2017 Anansi Audio
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This book has been on my to reads for a long time. It absolutely broke me when I read it; however, it is an important and necessary read for all Canadians. The book tackles issues of lateral violence and intergenerational trauma, and comes with a trigger warning. I would highly recommend this book.

Devastating and Breathtaking

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As a Canadian, it’s important we understand this very important and special culture and work to educate ourselves. This book helped me understand a bit better about my second cousins, who are proud Blackfoot. I am so glad I was able to listen to this story.

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Sad but beautiful story of several generations of women who hold one another up through some terrible experiences. The narration is amazing and really brought the characters to life. Only con is that story is perhaps a little bit slow-moving.

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Such a talented and courageous writer, and the narrator was perfect from start to finish.

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this book is about love
the eagle represents love, the eagle flies high and sees everything, close to the creator, who knows everything and why.

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life is precious
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The narrator does a beautiful job of catching the characters' different voices. I picked up a print version after listening to the audiobook in a couple of days, but I have not read it yet, and fear it could not be as good as the audiobook. The performance was gripping, dramatic, engaging, and suspenseful. Each character's voice is single, distinct, and memorable. The story has an episode of horrifying violence at its core. One of the puzzles in a first experiencing of the novel is the weird way that violence almost risks being contained too easily -- part of the novelist's brilliance is to take you inside the mind of the perpetrator. Tastes differ, but I found the performance entirely engaging.

Enthralling

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I bought this book on a whim but it ended up being an excellent book as it was written and performed very well.

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I loved this story, it showed how interconnected communities can be and how close families can be. I loved Kookom, she made everyone feel loved, safe, and warm. Kookom has a huge family much like myself. Our families bring us strength when we are one and apart we are lonely and incomplete. We are sad when we drift away from our family and can only find happiness where family is. We are all sad and hurt together and happiest when together. Grandma's house is where it is safe and warm, not cold and lonely. I recently lost my Nan, my heart hurts and annoying tears run down my face and it is hard to breathe properly. She was my teacher, my mentor, my great-great grandmother. My traditional ways that I follow means I have to put pictures away for a year and I can't cry after sunset or before sunrise. It is incredibly difficult to not look at pictures of my Nan but I respect our traditional ways so I will suffer and cry out my grief for my loved one. I will be forever grateful for all her teachings and I will continue the traditional ways of passing knowledge down generation to generation. The world that surrounds us on a daily basis consists of the good, the bad, and the ugly; but we must remember that all that matters is what is right here. Don't let your mind overthink but act on instinct, call your grandma or that special person, don't let that moment go because you can't get it back. Act on instinct rather than overthinking. I am one to overthink and now I live with regret and I miss my Nan so much it hurts. Tears run down my face a lot lately, happy memories flood my mind, but what saddens me the most right now is that I can't look at pictures or draw my happy moments with my Nan because of my traditions. This place hurts so much but I hope to find another way to show how much love and miss my Nan through art. My tears run down my face as I write this review but I can feel myself catching my breath and breathing properly. I am a further Indigenous educator and I am grateful to read novel's with Indigenous perspectives. I have a strong desire to make teaching materials with Indigenous perspectives to share our stories and knowledge. We, Indigenous peoples lives are resilient, family oriented, traditional, cultural, spiritual, and important. We are relevant and people should hear our stories. It is not easy being us but we are still strong and have a positive attitude and "everything will be okay."

Tears to my eyes and joy to heart

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a heartbreaking fictional story portraying just a small portion or suffering our indigenous population has suffered.

Heartbreaking beautiful.

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