The Break

A GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FINALIST Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award 2018 Crime Book of the Month, Sunday Times , February 2018 'I loved this... very tough and very real.' - Margaret Atwood When Stella, a young mother in an Indigenous community, looks out her window one wintry evening and spots someone being attacked on the Break - a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house - she calls the police. By the time help arrives, all that is left of the struggle is blood on the snow. As the search for the victim intensifies, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly - police, family, and friends - tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night, uncovering secrets and resentments long buried and giving blazing testimony to the lived reality of people pushed out to the coldest edges of modern Canada.

A GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FINALIST Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award 2018 Crime Book of the Month, Sunday Times , February 2018 'I loved this... very tough and very real.' - Margaret Atwood When Stella, a young mother in an Indigenous community, looks out her window one wintry evening and spots someone being attacked on the Break - a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house - she calls the police. By the time help arrives, all that is left of the struggle is blood on the snow. As the search for the victim intensifies, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly - police, family, and friends - tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night, uncovering secrets and resentments long buried and giving blazing testimony to the lived reality of people pushed out to the coldest edges of modern Canada.

"The Break" af Marian Keyes er en nådesløs, intelligent og ustyrligt morsom roman om en ægteskabelig pause. Amys mand, Hugh, siger, han ikke vil forlade hende. Han elsker hende stadig, han vil bare have en pause fra deres ægteskab, deres børn og mest af alt deres liv sammen. Seks måneder væk i Sydøstasien, og intet kan stoppe hans planer. Men hvornår bliver lang en pause til et egentligt brud? Meget kan ske på seks måneder, og det er nok til at sende Amy og hendes sladrende familie på randen af vanvid. Når, eller hvis Hugh kommer tilbage, er han så den samme mand hun giftede sig med? Og vil hun være den samme kvinde? Marian Keyes skriver så tårerne triller af grin i "The Break", der er en tankevækkende, vittig og skarp roman om når ægteskabet går i stå.

"The Break" af Marian Keyes er en nådesløs, intelligent og ustyrligt morsom roman om en ægteskabelig pause. Amys mand, Hugh, siger, han ikke vil forlade hende. Han elsker hende stadig, han vil bare have en pause fra deres ægteskab, deres børn og mest af alt deres liv sammen. Seks måneder væk i Sydøstasien, og intet kan stoppe hans planer. Men hvornår bliver lang en pause til et egentligt brud? Meget kan ske på seks måneder, og det er nok til at sende Amy og hendes sladrende familie på randen af vanvid. Når, eller hvis Hugh kommer tilbage, er han så den samme mand hun giftede sig med? Og vil hun være den samme kvinde? Marian Keyes skriver så tårerne triller af grin i "The Break", der er en tankevækkende, vittig og skarp roman om når ægteskabet går i stå.

When Stella, a young Metis 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 Metis 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 literary fiction.