Karmen is about to start her last year of high school, but it’s only been six weeks since her brother, Julian, died by suicide. Why is Julian gone? How could she have missed seeing his pain? Could she have helped him?

When a blowup at school gets Karmen sent home for a few weeks, life gets more complicated: things between her parents are tenser than ever, her best friend’s acting like a stranger, and her search to understand why Julian died keeps coming up empty.

New friend Pru both baffles and comforts Karmen, and there might finally be something happening with her crush, Isaiah, but does she have time for either, or are they just more distractions? Will she ever understand Julian’s struggle and tragedy? If not, can she love—and live—again?

Little girls disappear from their beds one lush August.

A jogger with a secret diagnosis makes a sinister discovery on the beach.

An island wakes to blood pouring from its taps after a pastor's tirade.

An immigrant mother new to Vancouver struggles to plant roots in a city that doesn’t want her or her son.

Tinged with folklore and the surreal, Uncertain Kin is grounded by its emotional richness and breathtaking insight into our relationships with others—and ourselves. 

EVE is the rock in her family of seven. When her dad is diagnosed with cancer, she wants nothing more than to trade her worries for a carefree night.

FAITH is the sexy dancer all the boys want, but she only has eyes for the one she can't have. But all the flirting in the world can't distract her from her home life or the secrets that she hides.

KEEKEE is the poet who won’t follow the rules. After a betrayal, she’ll have to choose between being right and losing everyone she loves.
NIA is a prisoner longing to escape her overprotective mother. A summer art program might be her ticket to freedom, yet it comes with a terrible price—and the risk may not be worth the reward.  

Everybody have a nickname. Me? I’m stuck with “Doubles”—people look at me, see the spitting image of Mamma, and figure I'm her on the inside, too. Fresh. Cheap. Easy. Problem with a label is, people package you in it, twist it into a promise, and don’t bother to look inside. Aunt Patrice figure I was trouble before I even stepped off the boat. Gary? He see my body as ripe and his for the taking. Turns out even Grammy, who used to tell me I was special, secretly thought I’d always end up this way. Ever since I came to Nassau, I been looking for a safe place to call home, a way to just breathe. But I can’t hide this thing in me for much longer. Will everyone write me off, even though this was never my choice? Or are they finally gonna see the real me?