{"product_id":"hold-your-tongue-9781774390719","title":"Hold Your Tongue","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon learning his great-uncle Alfred has suffered a stroke, Richard sets out for Ste. Anne, in southeastern Manitoba, to find his father and tell him the news. Waylaid by memories of his stalled romance, tales of run-ins with local Mennonites, his job working a honey wagon, and struck by visions of Métis historyand secrets of his family''s past,Richard confronts his desires to leave town, even as he learns to embrace his heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvoking an oral storytelling epic that weaves together one family''s complex history, \u003ci\u003eHold Your Tongue\u003c\/i\u003easks what it means to be Métis and francophone. Recalling the work of Katherena Vermette and Joshua Whitehead, Matthew Tétreault''s debut novel shines with a poignant, but playful character-driven meditation on the struggles of holding onto \"la langue,\" and marks the emergence of an important new voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NeWest Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50578413289815,"sku":"9781774390719","price":16.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hold-your-tongue-9781774390719","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}