Small Ceremonies: A Novel

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Synopsis
Part coming-of-age novel, part searing examination of a community finding itself, Small Ceremonies is a tantalizing and heartbreaking debut.&“I fear for our friendship, for the day it will end, wondering when that day will be . . .&” Tomahawk Shields (a.k.a. Tommy) and Clinton Whiteway are on the cusp of adulthood, imagining a future rife with possibility and greatness. The two friends play for their high school&’s poor-performing hockey team, the Tigers, who learn at the start of the new season that the league wants them out. Their annual goal is now more important than ever: to win their first game in years and break the curse.As we follow these two Indigenous boys over the course of a year, we are given a panoptic view of Tommy and Clinton&’s Winnipeg, where a university student with grand ambitions chooses to bottle her anger when confronted with numerous micro- (and not so micro-) aggressions; an ex-convict must choose between protecting or exploiting his younger brother as he&’s dragged deeper into the city&’s criminal underbelly; a lonely rink attendant is haunted by the memory of a past lover and contemplates rekindling this old flame; and an aspiring journalist does everything she can to uncover why the league is threatening to remove the Tigers. These are a sampling of the chorus of voices that depicts a community filled with individuals searching for purpose, leading them all to one fateful and tragic night.Ferociously piercing the heart of an Indigenous city, Kyle Edwards's sparkling debut is a heartbreaking yet humour-flecked portrayal of navigating identity and place, trauma and recovery, and growing up in a land that doesn't love you.
Copyright:
2025

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
352 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780771025624
Related ISBNs:
9780771025617, 9780771025686, 9780771025709
Publisher:
McClelland & Stewart
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Copyrighted By:
Kyle Edwards
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction
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Bookshare Staff
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