The breakwater house

Summary: In a peaceful city neighbourhood, two little girls are born five days apart. Lucie lives with her single mother, Aurore, who struggles to make ends meet; Claire lives with her wealthy mother, Suzanne, who struggles to make her marriage work. From early childhood, Lucie and Claire are inseparable. One night, Lucie begs her mother for a story. Aurore begins to weave an incredible tale - of Lucie's grandparents, of her missing father, and of friends and relatives form long ago. For ten years, Aurore weaves this rich tale for Lucie and Claire. Then, as the girls' fifteenth birthdays approach, Aurore spins the final tale in her tapestry and disappears forever. A few years later, Lucie gives birth to her own little girl, Odyssée, and she and Claire take turns telling their stories to the child. But one day something unspeakable happens and words no longer make sense. Into the terrible silence a woman wanders, trying to gather the broken pieces of herself. The Breakwater House is the tale of this woman. With this thrilling puzzle of a novel, Pascale Quiviger - winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, and a Scotiabank Giller Prize nominee for her previous novel, The Perfect Circle - shows that she is a writer capable of combining stylistic brilliance with storytelling prowess.