num_pages: 240
description: The year 2000 isn't starting out too well for Toronto high school senior Katherine Boatman. Not only has her oldest friend ditched her for yet another boyfriend her beloved grandmother died on New Year's Eve leaving a void of goodness in her life that Katherine's not sure how to fill. While overwhelmed with sadness and self-doubt Katherine unexpectedly finds new love both for Toronto's underground music scene and for her would-be savior: a straight-edge loudmouthed misfit named Marie. As Katherine seeks comfort in jagged guitars mind-reading poets and honest conversations she struggles to figure out not only what she and Marie might mean to each other but also what it truly means to be good.
language: English
title: When We Were Good
publisher: Sumach Press