Hold Your Tongue [Multiple Languages]

By Matthew Ttreault and Matthew Tetreault

Upon 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 M?tis history and secrets of his family's past, Richard confronts his desires to leave town, even as he learns to embrace his heritage.

Evoking an oral storytelling epic that weaves together one family's complex history, Hold Your Tongueasks what it means to be M?tis and francophone. Recalling the work of Katherena Vermette and Joshua Whitehead, Matthew T?treault'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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Multiple Languages
• ISBN: 177439071X
• ISBN13: 9781774390719
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: NeWest Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.6"