Distressed Pavement

✍ Scribed by Rose Simpson

• Book ID: 110662358
• Publisher: Rose Simpson
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 52 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781775244257

✦ Synopsis

In her debut novel, veteran Ottawa journalist Rose Simpson explores the seedy underbelly of Canada's capital that lurks beneath the city's shiny veneer of museums, five-star hotels, and its world famous canal. In Distressed Pavement, Simpson takes the reader on a guided tour of the Ottawa she knows as seen through the eyes of a police officer with a heart of gold, a musician fallen on hard times, a cynical city columnist, and an ethically-challenged Canadian senator.

Distressed Pavement exposes the cracks in Ottawa's carefully crafted image: the cover-up of scandals among the elite; restaurant wars that strike fear in the hearts and wallets of local businesses; and a homeless crisis that has left hundreds on its chilly streets and in shelters every year.

Distressed Pavement is an engaging romp through Ottawa's history over forty years and is based on urban legends and actual events including the closing of the Ottawa Journal, which left the city with one newspaper for ten years, and changed the journalism landscape forever. It also explores important social topics including the mental health of first responders and soldiers who have borne witness to unthinkable events.