Lemon

Shortlisted for the 2010 Trillium Book Award!

Lemon has three mothers: a biological one she’s never met, her adopted father’s suicidal ex, and Drew, a school principal who hasn’t left the house since she was stabbed by a student. She has one deadbeat dad, one young cancer-riddled protégé, and two friends, the school tramp and a depressed poet.

Figuring the numbers are against her, Lemon just can’t be bothered trying to fit in. She spurns fash...