The Wards are a working-class Newfoundland family on the cusp of upheaval. The children are becoming adults, the adults are growing old, and the new dog was probably stolen. When a sudden illness forces the Wards together, can they finally learn to be close-knit?

This unsettling, at times hilarious novel explores the instability of nuclear families and the depths of dysfunction.

Family is family — you don't get to choose.

So what, exactly, do you get to choose? (From Breakwater Books)

Terry Doyle is a writer from Goulds, N.L. He is the author of the short story collection Dig and the novel Union, which won the 2017 Percy Janes First Novel Award.