{"product_id":"beaver-hills-forever-a-metis-poetic-novella-conor-kerr","title":"Beaver Hills Forever: A Metis Poetic Novella [Conor Kerr]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAn irreverent and playful novella of Metis voices that reflects the complexities of contemporary prairie life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConor Kerr's 2024 novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePrairie Edge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was a finalist for both the Giller Prize and the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust of Canada Fiction Prize. His latest book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeaver Hills Forever\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, takes a riotous, uncompromising look at the intertwined lives of four characters, each an abstract expression of the few paths available to Metis people on the Prairies. In alternating poetic verses, Buddy, Baby Momma, Fancy University Boy, and Aunty Prof share their inner dreams, hardships, delusions of grandeur, and existential plights. While the messy day-to-day is created by their own doing, the lives of these four individuals are doubly compromised by Canada's colonial education system and resource extraction industries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beguiling and genre-bending work, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeaver Hills Forever\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a moving, necessary exploration of education, labour, and the dynamic, ever-changing bonds that bring us back to each other. Here is a diverse, funny, pitch-perfect chorus of voices that rings loud and true over the wide prairie landscape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArsenal Pulp Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePub date ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSept. 9 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePaperback ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e88 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-1834050089\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Prairie Sky General Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45884111126762,"sku":"Jaguar","price":21.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/6387\/9980\/files\/81mjBzDCUkL._SY522.jpg?v=1773429444","url":"https:\/\/prairieskygeneralstore.com\/products\/beaver-hills-forever-a-metis-poetic-novella-conor-kerr","provider":"Prairie Sky General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}