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Highlights
- Haven is fiercely protective of her little brother, Chase, spiriting him away when their father's temper is about to flare yet again.
- About the Author: Michael Blouin has been the recipient of the Diana Brebner Prize for Poetry from Arc, Canada's National Poetry Magazine, as well as the Lillian I. Found Prize for Poetry from Carleton University, and his work has been shortlisted for a National Magazine Award.
- 250 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Coming of Age
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Haven is fiercely protective of her little brother, Chase, spiriting him away when their father's temper is about to flare yet again. She hides the bread away so he'll have something for lunch, and she teaches him to hide himself. But when that's no longer enough to keep him safe, she steals the car and takes them both away to their aunt, Mary, who tries her best to love and nurture them.
They try to redeem their harrowing childhood in different ways: Haven, lost and damaged, goes to medical school and teacher's college, and marries young, hoping to find meaning through her daughter, April. Chase battles his demons through cathartic but doomed performance art. And, always, they try to keep one another afloat.
Chase and Haven is a haunting story - inventively told and deeply felt - of suffering and love, made of thousands of small impressionist facets that refract the quiet spectrum of the beauty and the detritus of two entwined lives.
About the Author
Michael Blouin has been the recipient of the Diana Brebner Prize for Poetry from Arc, Canada's National Poetry Magazine, as well as the Lillian I. Found Prize for Poetry from Carleton University, and his work has been shortlisted for a National Magazine Award. He is the author of the collection of poetry, I'm not going to lie to you.
