Katherena Vermette writes fiction, poetry and children's books rooted in Métis experience, Winnipeg communities, family connections and the consequences of violence across generations. The Break begins when a woman witnesses an assault from her home in Winnipeg's North End and follows multiple relatives, police and community members as the event reveals older fractures within an extended family. The Strangers and The Circle continue connected family stories across generations, shifting perspective among women whose lives have been shaped by separation, child welfare, addiction and attempts at reconnection. Vermette's fiction is multi-voiced and character-led, with place and kinship carrying as much weight as conventional plot. Her work fits Indigenous Canadian fiction, family sagas and urban literary fiction, with readers of Louise Erdrich likely to recognise a similar use of interlinked perspectives to build a community rather than a single protagonist's story. Read more Less
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