Always Brave, Sometimes Kind by Katie Bickell is described as a novel on the cover, but those who have read it all agree it really comes across more as a collection of linked short stories. There is no one protagonist or central character, instead, we are introduced to a few different people and their family members and friends, most living in and around Edmonton and Northern Alberta/5. · "Always Brave, Sometimes Kind is a debut novel that exceeded all my expectations. Through a series of interconnected short stories, spanning to , the reader travels through Alberta, through the oil boom and bust, through government policies and budget cuts, and through the means that people used to cope with it all addictions, isolation, traditions and alliances. Always Brave, Sometimes Kind: A Novel - Kindle edition by Bickell, Katie. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Always Brave, Sometimes Kind: A Novel.
Always Brave, Sometimes Kind. Set in the cities, reserves, and rural reaches of Alberta, Katie Bickell's debut novel is told in a series of stories that span the years from to , through cycles of boom and bust in the oil fields, government budget cuts and workers rights policies, the rising opioid crisis, and the intersecting lives. Book Review: Always Brave, Sometimes Kind Those of us in the states tend, especially in these days of division and hyper-partisanship, to think of our neighbor to the north as a land of relative calm, where problems of oppression, race, and abuse have long since been solved. Always Brave, Sometimes Kind. Author Katie Bickell; ; Author: Katie Bickell. Publisher: TouchWood Editions ISBN: Category: Fiction Page:
Always Brave, Sometimes Kind captures a network of friends, caregivers, in-laws, and near misses, with each character’s life coming into greater focus as we learn more about the people around them. Tracing alliances and betrayals from different perspectives over decades, Bickell writes an ode to home and community that is both warm and gritty, well-defined and utterly complicated. Always Brave, Sometimes Kind. A A A. by Katie Bickell. Brindle Glass. /$/ pp. Northern Alberta author Katie Bickell sets her debut novel, Always Brave, Sometimes Kind, mainly in Fort McMurray, Edmonton and Sherwood Park. Her characters travel the Yellowhead Highway, cross paths on farms and an unnamed reserve, and visit, work at or end up in the Royal Alex and Grey Nuns hospitals. Always Brave, Sometimes Kind: A Novel - Kindle edition by Bickell, Katie. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Always Brave, Sometimes Kind: A Novel.
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