The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

"Métis teen Lou is looking forward to her last summer working at her uncle’s ice-cream shack. But then she gets a letter from her biological father, the man who assaulted her mother. The more Lou pulls away from the pains of her family’s past, the more she realizes that they run deeper than she realized. Lou’s life is so immersive that I could feel the heat of summer on the prairies on my skin and taste the amazing color-named ice creams served at the shack. It’s a stunning debut."