Will I love Held?

My journey with Held was layered: slow-reveal artistry that demands patience and surrender. Initially, its fragmented, poetic style made it hard to find a tidy narrative thread—it was only after I listened to the audiobook, and in doing so, unlocked its cadence. The shift in medium with the authors rhythms and inflections, transformed the prose into something tactile, almost felt, like a cashmere blanket. What at first glance seemed disjointed on the page became, through Anne Michael's voice, a tapestry of truths woven across time. This book won Canada's top literary prize, The Giller. Had it not won, I might… show more.