![]() ![]() The paths of the five friends cross and crisscross over the decades as they struggle to overcome, or a. Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention.Īlone and without any skills, support or families, the teens find their way to the seedy and foreign world of Downtown Eastside Vancouver, where they cling together, striving to find a place of safety and belonging in a world that doesn’t want them. National Bestseller A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of the Year A CBC Best Book of the Year An Apple Best Book of the Year A Kobo Best Book of the Year An Indigo Best Book of the Year It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November 1939, as Ten Little Niggers, after the childrens counting rhyme and minstrel song, which serves as a major element of the plot. WINNER: Governor General’s Literary Award for Fictionįinalist: Atwood Gibson Writers Trust Prize ![]()
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