Halfway between Ottawa and Montreal, Cumberland is a dying industrial town in south-eastern Ontario in the wake of NAFTA. But life retains its spark as new relationships are forged for seventeen-year-old Amanda, a runaway who's fed up with her self-consumed, over-sexed boyfriend. "Amanda gritted her teeth. She wanted to bite him till she drew blood. Or hammer a pencil in his ear." 1-896951-36-8

[Spring 2003 BCBW]