Fun Times Brigade [TRADE PAPER ]

From acclaimed author Lindsay Zier-Vogel comes an insightful and heart-rending exploration of motherhood, grief, and the search for identity.

Amy is a new mother, navigating the fog of those bewildering early days and struggling with a role she feels ill-prepared for. Its the first time in a decade that she hasnt been living the busy life of an acclaimed childrens musician, and her sense of self is unravelling. To make matters worse, her bandmates have seemingly abandoned her.

In flashbacks, we see Amys journey to successher stumblings as a solo singer-songwriter and her eventual rise to fame as a member of the Fun Times Brigade. But as the novel progressesand Amy grapples with a devastating losswe come to understand how precarious definitions of artistic success can be.

The Fun Times Brigadeexamines the enduring challenges of reconciling being an artist with being a mother. It is also a timely reflection on forgiveness and what it really means to have a good life in a world that demands we haveand beit all, and asserts that amidst the chaos, we can find our way back to our genuine selves.

LINDSAY ZIER-VOGELis a Toronto-based author and the creator of the internationally beloved Love Lettering Project. After studying contemporary dance, Zier-Vogel received her MA in Creative Writing from the University of Toronto. She is the author of the acclaimed novelLetters to Amelia, and her first picture book,Dear Street,was a Junior Library Guild pick, a Canadian Childrens Book Centre book of the year, and was nominated for a Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Award in 2024.The Fun Times Brigadeis her second novel.

In the moving novel?The Fun Times Brigade, a woman navigates new motherhood, hoping not to lose herself as an artist in the process. Foreword Reviews

The Fun Times Brigade?is a true page-turner, one of those books youll think about long after youve finisl“%