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Third book in Katherena Vermette‘s trilogy about the Stranger Family. IMO you should read these close together because there is quite a list of characters who are all connected and appear in the 3 books, sometimes more prominently in 1 than the others, but they pop up again and again. The ending is heartbreaking and full of hope at the same time. The series feels like real life

Duffy took his reading buddy duties very seriously while I devoured THE CIRCLE. It didn‘t hit me quite as hard as the first two interconnected books in the sequence (THE BREAK and THE STRANGERS) but it‘s still a powerful examination of how one event reverberates through all the characters‘ lives. I‘m so glad I lucked into an Express copy, as I forgot to place a hold pre-pub and there‘s currently 159 people waiting. Vermette‘s super popular here.

A fantastic read and fine fitting third book of the Stranger family saga. Vermette uses the different voices to quilt a story that remains true to the characters she has created and the colonized world they live in. Here ideas of family can help heal but also be twisted to exact and justify heartbreaking revenge. A beautifully realized story.

This realistic polyphonic novel is set in Winnipeg & crafted in 22 different, mostly Indigenous, voices showing how a wide variety of people can be affected by one event: a young woman is released from jail and immediately goes missing. It‘s the third in an interconnected trilogy, not really a series, yet best read in order starting with The Break. Powerful, sad, and also hopeful. #CanadianAuthor #LGBTQ

I looked up KC Adams, the artist whose work appears on the cover of the tagged novel, and learned that she created a huge circular piece that is very similar to the one on the book jacket. The large piece is the floor of a roundhouse. More here: https://www.kcadams.net/page67.html

If anyone knows how to get past trauma, to deal with it, it‘s Indigenous folks. They sure have had the practice.

This is the third & final book in a series that features a Metis family dealing with life and the traumas of being poor and Indigenous in today's world. Told in multiple POV, I would have benefited from a family tree chart to keep track of everyone. In spite of that, it was still a very powerful, thought provoking and sad story and one that is worth a second read. It is also a poignant reminder that we don't all start life from the same point. 4/5