The Status of Women Committee will be hosting a Book Club -
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 & Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Book: The Break
Author: Katherena Vermette
2016 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize finalist
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.
Sorry, this event is sold out.
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Sonia Santarossa attended. 2018-03-27 17:30:20 -0400
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Ryder Ball attended. 2018-03-27 17:30:10 -0400
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Aimee Armour attended. 2018-03-27 17:28:32 -0400
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Anne Dahmer attended. 2018-03-27 16:40:13 -0400
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Ruth Hunsberger attended. 2018-03-27 16:39:26 -0400
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April Harper attended. 2018-03-27 16:37:07 -0400
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Katherine Wiebe attended. 2018-03-27 16:30:17 -0400
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Jody Michalofsky attended. 2018-03-27 16:24:30 -0400
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Jennifer Brooks attended. 2018-03-27 16:22:17 -0400
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Fiona Morrison attended. 2018-03-27 16:21:19 -0400
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Suzanne Bender attended. 2018-03-27 16:21:15 -0400
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Dana Wunder attended. 2018-03-27 16:19:09 -0400
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Jennifer Aucoin attended. 2018-03-27 16:18:48 -0400
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Mary-Louise Skornyak attended. 2018-03-27 16:14:47 -0400
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Janet Carvalho attended. 2018-03-27 16:06:03 -0400
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Mary-Louise Skornyak rsvped 2018-02-23 11:09:51 -0500
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Katherine Wiebe rsvped 2018-02-10 14:40:29 -0500
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Fiona Morrison rsvped 2018-02-09 11:44:43 -0500
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Suzanne Bender rsvped 2018-02-08 20:21:12 -0500
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Ruth Hunsberger rsvped 2018-02-08 09:17:40 -0500
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Aimee Armour rsvped 2018-02-07 22:13:32 -0500
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Anne Dahmer rsvped 2018-02-06 20:56:43 -0500
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Jennifer Brooks rsvped 2018-02-06 20:49:56 -0500
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Janet Carvalho rsvped 2018-02-06 20:21:09 -0500
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Jody Michalofsky rsvped 2018-02-06 06:32:26 -0500
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Ryder Ball rsvped 2018-02-05 19:38:35 -0500
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Sonia Santarossa rsvped 2018-02-05 19:13:34 -0500
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Jennifer Aucoin rsvped 2018-02-05 17:54:07 -0500
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Dana Wunder rsvped 2018-02-05 17:38:48 -0500
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April Harper rsvped 2018-02-05 17:35:18 -0500