Katherena Vermette is a Canadian author. She is Métis, and from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her collection North End Love Songs won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry. Her novel The Break was a Canadian bestseller and won multiple awards as well as nominations. Katherena lives with her family in an old house near the Red River.
Katherena Vermette made her debut as an author in 2012 with the poetry collection North End Love Songs. Her first novel was The Break in 2016. Below is a list of Katherena Vermette’s books in order of when they were first published:
Publication Order of Girl Called Echo Books
Publication Order of Seven Teachings Stories Books
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Publication Order of Picture Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Katherena Vermette Synopsis: The Break is a standalone novel by Katherena Vermette. 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.
