The Sweet Edge

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Raincoast, 2005 - 284 pages
A realistic portrayal of the world of urban twenty-somethings, The Sweet Edge tells the story of a young couple who decide to go their own way for the summer in order to figure out their relationship. Ellen chooses to work in a trendy Toronto art gallery, while Adam takes a solo canoe trip into the Arctic tundra. The two characters alternate chapters and points-of-view: the reader frets with Ellen through an increasingly sweltering city, then journeys inside the young man's head as he goes dangerously deep into wilderness. Their impressions of the world around them and their partnership gradually change, until their worlds -- and their changed worldviews -- suddenly and dangerously collide. Pick seamlessly weaves two distinct voices and two distinct settings into a single, sophisticated whole, making The Sweet Edge a beautifully written novel about the delicate balance between love and change.

About the author (2005)

Alison Pick is the 2002 Bronwen Wallace Award winner for most promising unpublished writer under 35 in Canada. Her first book of poetry, Question & Answer, was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award. Her poetry and prose have won or been shortlisted for numerous literary awards and have appeared in publications across Canada. Originally from Kitchener, Ontario, the author now divides her time between Toronto and St. John's, Newfoundland.

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