{"product_id":"small-ceremoniesbooks","title":"Small Ceremonies","description":"\u003cb\u003ePart coming-of-age novel, part searing examination of a community finding itself, \u003ci\u003eSmall Ceremonies\u003c\/i\u003e is a tantalizing and heartbreaking debut.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“I fear for our friendship, for the day it will end, wondering when that day will be . . .” \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTomahawk 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFerociously 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.","brand":"Edwards, Kyle","offers":[{"title":"Hardback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":52988410593504,"sku":null,"price":19.2,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_cdf5737f-992a-4bd2-ba33-e968bd5ff2c8.jpg?v=1780845991","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/small-ceremoniesbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}