{"product_id":"neighbourhood-watch-9781552454176","title":"Neighbourhood Watch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe lives of three families intersect in the hallways of an apartment block in a Montreal neighborhood.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eM lissa, Roxane, and Kevin have never had it easy. As their parents face their own struggles - with addiction, unemployment, and abuse - they must learn to fend for themselves. Though their lives converge at school, on the street, at the corner store, or when they can hear each other through their apartments' thin walls, they each feel deeply alone. \u003ci\u003eNeighbourhood Watch\u003c\/i\u003e tells their coming-of-age stories with a cinematic ease, moving between despair and the unalterable hope of childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith her characteristic poetic flair and generosity, Ana s Barbeau-Lavalette, author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eSuzanne\u003c\/i\u003e, has painted, in brief strokes, an unforgettable and moving portrait of a fictional apartment block in Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis translation of her 2010 debut novel is presented with an afterword interview with a woman who, as a child, was the inspiration behind the character of Roxane.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'This is prose to lose yourself in. Never complicated, it's gentle like a love song, comforting and enveloping like a black-and-white film, full of tones and textures. These sentences can destroy us. Not for their simplicity, but for the powerful beauty within the simplicity.' --Peter McCambridge, 'Best Translated Book Award: Why This Book Should Win, ' on \u003ci\u003eSuzanne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/22\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552454176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Ana\u0026#239;s Barbeau-Lavalette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38015373050037,"sku":"9781552454176","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5c34001a-4db7-4f0b-aedb-4accfaeb3fbd.jpg?v=1609153803","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/neighbourhood-watch-9781552454176","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}