The Strangers (The Stranger Family Trilogy #2)
From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Circle, The Strangers is the middle instalment in this heart-rending, utterly immersive Indigenous family saga now in B-format, with a series tie-in cover.
Cedar has nearly forgotten what her family looks like. Phoenix has nearly forgotten how freedom feels. And Elsie has nearly given up hope. Nearly. These are the Strangers, each haunted in her own way.
After time spent in foster homes, Cedar goes to live with her estranged father. Although she grapples with the pain of being separated from her mother, Elsie, and sister, Phoenix, she's hoping for a new chapter in her life. From a youth detention centre, Phoenix gives birth to a baby she'll never get to raise and tries to forgive herself for all the harm she's caused (while wondering if she even should). Elsie, struggling with addiction and determined to turn her life around, is buoyed by the idea of being reunited with her daughters and strives to be someone they can depend on, unlike her own distant mother.
The Strangers is a searing exploration of race, class, inherited trauma and matrilineal bonds that - despite everything - refuse to be broken.
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Book Dimensions: 13 cm, 3.1 cm, 19.71 cm
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