by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 8, 2021
The Ride Home Gail Anderson-DargatzPublisher: Orca Book Publishers Book Description Mark is a city kid who has come to a small town to live with his grandmother after his mom goes into rehab. He has to take a school bus home for the first time. The long, noisy ride...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 8, 2021
A History of My Brief Body A Memoir Billy-Ray BelcourtPublisher: Hamish Hamilton Book Description Billy-Ray Belcourt’s debut memoir opens with a tender letter to his kokum and memories of his early life in the hamlet of Joussard, Alberta, and on the Driftpile...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 8, 2021
Nobody Ever Talks About Anything But the End A Memoir Liz LevinePublisher: Simon & Schuster Book Description In November of 2016, Liz Levine’s younger sister, Tamara, reached a breaking point after years of living with mental illness. In the dark hours before...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 8, 2021
Consent Annabel LyonPublisher: Random House Canada Book Description A smart, mysterious and heartbreaking novel centred on two sets of sisters whose lives are braided together when tragedy changes them forever. From the award-winning author of The Golden Mean. Saskia...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 8, 2021
Following the Good River The Life and times of Wa’xaid Briony Penn with Cecil PaulPublisher: Rocky Mountain Books Book Description Based on recorded interviews and journal entries this major biography of Cecil Paul (Wa’xaid) is a resounding and timely saga...
