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    Break in Case of Emergency
    Break in Case of Emergency
    Break in Case of Emergency
    Audiobook7 hours

    Break in Case of Emergency

    Written by Brian Francis

    Narrated by Chloe Cannon

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    About this audiobook

    Set in a small town in the 1990s, this is the story of a girl on the edge-of a breakdown, of family secrets, of learning who she really is.

    Life has been a struggle for Toby Goodman. Her mother died by suicide five years ago, and her father left before Toby was born. Now a teenager living on her grandparents' dairy farm, Toby has trouble letting people in. Convinced that she is destined to follow her mother's path, she creates a plan to escape her pain.

    But with the news that her father is coming home and finally wants to meet her, Toby learns the truth of her parents' story. Her father is gay and a world-famous female impersonator-in a time when these facts are a source of small-town whispers and secrets, and not something anyone had dared talk with her about before.

    As her careful plans go awry, Toby must rebuild her life from the ground up. While she might not follow an expected path, with the support of a quirky but lovable circle of friends and family, Toby will finally put together the many different pieces that make up her past, her present and her future.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMar 31, 2020
    ISBN9781705221129
    Break in Case of Emergency
    Author

    Brian Francis

    BRIAN FRANCIS is the author of two previous novels. His most recent, Natural Order, was selected by the Toronto Star, the Georgia Straight and Kobo as a Best Book of the Year. His first novel, Fruit, was a Canada Reads finalist and was selected as a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers title. Brian Francis lives in Toronto.

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