Ami Sands Brodoff

Inanna Poetry & Fiction Series - The Sleep of Apples

Finalist, 2022 International Book Award for Fiction - Short Story. A gritty Montreal neighborhood builds community and resilience.

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Finalist, 2022 International Book Award for Fiction - Short Story In The Sleep of Apples, Ami Sands Brodoff writes with passion and consummate skill about nine closely linked characters who walk the tightrope of survival. Set in a gritty Montreal neighbourhood that's been slowly gentrifying over the last two decades, troubled teenagers and an experienced psychiatrist, a truck driver permanently scarred by a near-fatal accident and a recreation therapist struggle to build a community and make their lives-and their deaths-meaningful. Fierce, original and bracingly honest, these unforgettable stories speak to the author's Jewish heritage, her experience as a cancer survivor and as loving mother to a gay son and a transgender son. The stories dramatize that families are what we create, not necessarily those we are born into, illuminating how we all live imperfect lives: We love what we have and mourn what we've lost. Readers are witnesses as these indelible characters gain strength, insight and empathy through their struggles and suffering. They each bear the scars of trauma but possess the gift of resilience.

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Release date

30.03.2023

Imprint

Inanna Publications

Series

Inanna Poetry & Fiction Series

Genres

Literary Fiction, Drama

Moods

hopeful, sad

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