{"product_id":"the-circle","title":"The Circle","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Circle\u003c\/i\u003e is a polyphonic masterpiece.” —Erika T. Wurth, author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Horse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Break \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e comes a poignant and unwavering epic told from a constellation of Métis voices that consider the fallout when the person who connects them all goes missing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe concept was simple. You sit a bunch of people in a circle—everyone who hurt, everyone who got hurt, all affected—and let them share. Some people, it helped them heal, for sure. Others went in angry and left a different kind of angry. Learned how the blame belonged on the system, the history, the colonizer, the big things that were harder to change than one bad person.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The day that Cedar Sage Stranger has been both dreading and longing for has finally come: her sister Phoenix is getting out of prison.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The effect of Phoenix’s release cascades through the community. M, the young girl whom she assaulted, is triggered by the news. Her mother, Paulina, is worried and her cousin is angry—all feel the threat of Phoenix’s release. When Phoenix is seen lingering outside the school to catch a glimpse of her son, Sparrow, the police get a call to file a report—but the next thing they know, she has disappeared.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Amid accusations and plots for revenge, past grievances become a poor guide in a moment of danger, and the clumsy armature of law enforcement is no match for the community. Cedar and her and Phoenix’s mother, Elsie, continue down different paths of healing, while everyone in their lives form a circle around the chaos, the calm within the storm, and the beauty in the darkness.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Fierce, heartbreaking, and profound, Vermette’s \u003ci\u003eThe Circle \u003c\/i\u003eis the third and final companion novel to her bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Break \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Strangers.\u003c\/i\u003e Told from various perspectives, with an unforgettable voice for each chapter, the novel is masterfully structured as a Restorative Justice Circle where all gather—both the victimized and the accused—to take account of a crime that has altered the course of their lives. It considers what it means to be abandoned by the very systems that claim to offer support, how it feels to gain a sense of belonging, and the unanticipated cost of protecting those you love most.","brand":"katherena vermette (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":51325754474712,"sku":"9780735239678","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2770\/5320\/files\/cover-9780735239678.jpg?v=1769105438","url":"https:\/\/destiil.com\/fr\/products\/the-circle","provider":"De Stiil Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}