The Sweet Edge

By Pick, Alison

Publishers Summary:
A realistic portrayal of the world of urban twenty-somethings, The Sweet Edge tells the story of a young couple who decide to go their own way for the summer in order to figure out their relationship. Ellen chooses to work in a trendy Toronto art gallery, while Adam takes a solo canoe trip into the Arctic tundra. The two characters alternate chapters and points-of-view: the reader frets with Ellen through an increasingly sweltering city, then journeys inside the young man’s head as he goes dangerously deep into wilderness. Their impressions of the world around them and their partnership gradually change, until their worlds — and their changed worldviews — suddenly and dangerously collide. Pick seamlessly weaves two distinct voices and two distinct settings into a single, sophisticated whole, making The Sweet Edge a beautifully written novel about the delicate balance between love and change.Read MoreRead Less

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ISBN
978-1-55192-783-1
Publisher
Raincoast Books


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Reviewed on September 15, 2006

In this first novel, Ellen and Adam meet cute as undergraduates when they discover that they share a common birthday week. As their relationship develops, it turns out that they have little else in common. Adam thrives on nature in its purest form-even campgrounds are too refined for him-while Ellen's appreciation of nature doesn't...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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