Michelle Winters

GLOBE 100 BOOKS OF 2024 • INDIGO BEST BOOKS OF 2024 • CBC BEST FICTION OF 2024! The second novel by Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Michelle Winters teems with hot towel shaves and the steady thrum of female rage. Spurred by adolescent trauma, Louise adopts a life of hardcore punk violence until she stumbles into a job at a mysterious men’s hair salon, where her unique relationship with her clientele shows her a more perfect world—or so it seems. When that world is overturned, she flees to a marina on the East Coast, where she lives free from reminders of her past—except the duffle-bagged ones she jettisons nightly in a forsaken cove. But on the day of the Tragically Hip’s 2016 farewell performance in Kingston, a man surfaces from the Bay of Fundy, rousing long-dormant urges and giving Louise an unexpected gift: the chance to make things right. Funny, warm, and furious, Hair for Men is a subversive exploration of gender, forgiveness, and chucking convention.

Introduce your little ones to the iconic telenovelas across generations in both English and Spanish Grab your popcorn and nestle into the couch - an illustrated anthology of iconic telenovelas awaits you From El abuelo y yo and Luz Clarita to O Clone and Rebelde, this book will re-introduce generations to an alphabetical flashback of Latin American soap operas now ingrained in pop culture. It'll be brimming with nostalgia over its illustrations of prominent telenovelas and the characters that brought the screen to life

Fiction. Shortlisted for the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize. A tender but lively debut novel about a man, a woman, and their Chevrolet dealer. Agathe and R jean Lapointe are about to celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary when R jean's beloved Chevy Silverado is found abandoned at the side of the road -- with no trace of R jean. Agathe handles her grief by fondling the shirts in the Big and Tall department at Hickey's Family Apparel and carrying on a relationship with a cigarette survey. As her hope dwindles, Agathe falls in with her spirited coworker, Debbie, who teaches Agathe about rock and roll, and with Martin Bureau, the one man who might know the truth about R jean's fate. Set against the landscape of rural Acadia, I AM A TRUCK is a funny and moving tale about the possibilities and impossibilities of love and loyalty. The wonder-packed drama of I AM A TRUCK plays itself out in the impossible intersection of a Coen brothers movie, a James M. Cain novel and a Looney Tunes feature. Michelle Winters has created a fresh novel overflowing with mystery, emotional complexity and a new and welcome breed of goofy charm. --Stuart Ross