{"product_id":"the-music-game-paperback","title":"The Music Game - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStéfanie Clermont\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJc Sutcliffe\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2023 French-American Translation Prize for Fiction\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eNot far away from here is a lake. You have to pay for access to its shores, but I know where there's a hole in the fence.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe water will be icy, but it will still be in a liquid state.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThat's what I will do today. I will go through the hole in the fence and I'll dive into the icy water.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAnd then I'll go home.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriends since grade school, Céline, Julie, and Sabrina come of age at the start of a new millennium, supporting each other and drifting apart as their lives pull them in different directions. But when their friend dies by suicide in the abandoned city lot where they once gathered, they must carry on in the world that left him behind--one they once dreamed they would change for the better. From the grind of Montreal service jobs, to isolated French Ontario countryside childhoods, to the tenuous cooperation of Bay Area punk squats, the three young women navigate everyday losses and fears against the backdrop of a tumultuous twenty-first century. An ode to friendship and the ties that bind us together, Stéfanie Clermont's award-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Music Game\u003c\/em\u003e confronts the violence of the modern world and pays homage to those who work in the hope and faith that it can still be made a better place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, \u003cstrong\u003eStéfanie Clermont\u003c\/strong\u003e travelled throughout Canada and the United States, working at a wide variety of jobs, before settling in Montreal in 2012. \u003cem\u003eThe Music Game\u003c\/em\u003e, her first book, won the prestigious Ringuet Prize of the Quebec Academy of Arts and Letters, the Quebec Arts Council's prize for a new work by a young artist, and the Adrienne Choquette Prize for short stories. It was a finalist for the Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal and was included in Le Combat des livres, the French-language counterpart of Canada Reads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJC Sutcliffe\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and translator. Her most recent translations include \u003cem\u003eWorst Case, We Get Married\u003c\/em\u003e by Sophie Bienvenu and \u003cem\u003eMama's Boy Behind Bars\u003c\/em\u003e by David Goudreault. She has lived in England, France and Canada.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769117704480,"sku":"9781771963787","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2234b2d98d5e66cae12b038e95e21e32.webp?v=1780342548","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-music-game-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}