The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

By Jen Ferguson,

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Book description

In this complex and emotionally resonant novel about a Metis girl living on the Canadian prairies, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful story about rage, secrets, and all the spectrums that make up a person-and the sweetness that can still live alongside the bitterest truth. A William C.…

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As we learn from the ice cream recipes scattered throughout this book, complex flavours require balance. Jen Ferguson knows how to find that balance.

Reading The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, I felt like I was taking a master course in writing about difficult subjects without giving into the darkness. Lou is spending the summer working in her family's ice cream shack with her newly ex-boyfriend and her former best friend. That’s enough to have to deal with, but then her biological father sends her a letter pushing her to meet with him.

My heart ached for Lou as she…

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