Next Year, for Sure

Books

**Longlisted for the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize **Finalist for the 2018 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize **Finalist for the 2018 Lambda Literary Award **A Globe and Mail Best Book of 2017 **A Quill & Quire Reviewers' Book of the Year An unflinching, sage and mesmerizing portrait of an open relationship, Next Year, For Sure defies expectation and heralds the beginning of a bright writing career. After nine years together, Kathryn and Chris have the sort of relationship most would envy. They speak in the shorthand they have invented, complete one another's sentences and help each other through every daily and existential dilemma. When Chris tells Kathryn about his attraction to Emily, a vivacious young woman he sees often at the laundromat, Kathryn encourages him to ask her out on a date--certain that her bond with Chris is strong enough to weather whatever may come. As Kathryn and Chris stumble into polyamory, Next Year, For Sure tracks the tumultuous, revelatory and often very funny year that follows. When ...