{"product_id":"home-waltz","title":"Home Waltz","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1973, fifteen-year old Qʷóqʷésk̓iʔ, or \"Squito\" Bob, is a mixed-blood Nłeʔkepmx boy trying to find his place in a small, mostly Native town. His closest friends are three nłeʔkepmx boys and a white kid, an obnoxious runt who thinks himself superior to his friends. Accepted as neither Native nor white, Squito often feels like the stray dog of the group and envisions a short, disastrous life for himself. Home Waltz follows the boys over thirty-six hours on what should be one of the best weekends of their lives. With a senior girls volleyball tournament in town, Squito's favourite band performing, and enough alcohol for ten people, the boys dream of girls, dancing, and possibly romance. A story of love, heartbreak, and tragedy, Home Waltz delves into suicide, alcohol abuse, body image, and systemic racism. A coming of age story like no other, Home Waltz speaks to one Indigenous teenager's experience of growing up in a world that doesn't want or trust him.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGord Grisenthwaite is N?e?kepmx, member of the Lytton First Nation. His stories and poems have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Anitgonish Review,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eOur Stories Literary Journal,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePrism International.\u003c\/em\u003e His work has earned a number of prizes, including the 2014 John Kenneth Galbraith Literary Award. He lives in Kingsville, ON.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palimpsest Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49921868923108,"sku":"bow1789929097522","price":9.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/6036\/2468\/files\/home-waltz_1.jpg?v=1789929103","url":"https:\/\/suspenderclipn.shop\/products\/home-waltz","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}