In The Sleep of Apples, Ami Sands Brodoff writes with passion and consummate skill about nine closely linked characters who walk the tightrope of survival. Set in a gritty Montreal neighbourhood that''s been slowly gentrifying over the last two decades, troubled teenagers and an experienced psychiatrist, a truck driver permanently scarred by a near-fatal accident and a recreation therapist struggle to build a community and make their livesand their deathsmeaningful. Fierce, original and bracingly honest, these unforgettable stories speak to the author''s Jewish heritage, her experience as a cancer survivor and as loving mother to a gay son and a transgender son. .