Catharsis: A Novel

by Christian Bewell

Amber Garland is sixteen and living with her parents until they decide to ship her off to her grandmother’s house because of their addictions. Unfortunately, this move threatens to drive her over the edge, as her abusive, cold sister also lives there and whatever friendships she has deteriorates in the process. The eighth book by author Christian Bewell, a year after Derelict and another that involves the trials of adolescence. Catharsis is a gripping, funny and melancholy read.

242 pages, Paperback

Published December 12, 2015

About the author

Christian Bewell was born in Edmonton, Alberta in October of 1990. His father is a warehouse worker and his mother is a student in university in the social work program. His older sister is a mother of two and her husband is a millwright. Christian shuffled back and forth from home to home and even spent time in a women's shelter with his mother and sister. He has worked retail jobs and is currently in school for upgrading. Christian has been a vegetarian since 2004, openly bisexual since 2006 and has atheist, capitalist and anarchist leanings. He wrote Affinity over the course of the 2010-2011 holidays and published it on Valentines day.