Half-Bads in White Regalia
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"An exceedingly well crafted memoir, Half-Bads in White Regalia is a love story to siblings stepping up, to young people showing up for one another. There is magic in this book.” — 2023 IVA Jury Citation
"Cody Caetano has crafted that increasingly rare book: a memoir about childhood with enough lived experience to justify its having been written – and, in this case, written with unrelenting clarity and a compassion beyond his years" — 2023 Edna Staebler Award Jury Citation
“Rich in metaphor, plot, and some very serious comedy.” — Lee Maracle
“Caetano fills each moment with such character and humanity that it’s impossible not to fall in love.” — Jordan Abel
“Here is a book that sings the craft of memoir and life-telling.” — Jenny Heijun Wills
“An absolute interstellar triumph of a debut.” — Liz Howard
“Read it. You won’t regret it. Telling you.” — katherena vermette
“I've never read prose like Caetano's.” — Fawn Parker
“Caetano’s voice leaps off the page with a rhythmic, hip-hop style…[It] gives this memoir energy and descriptive heft.”— Toronto Star
“[Caetano’s] words feel like a gift bestowed upon the reader—it’s truly a standout, and an exceptional debut that will stay on the minds of those long after they turn the last page.”— Daily Hive
- Winner, Indigenous Voices Award for Best Published Prose 2023
- Finalist, the 2023 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
- Longlisted, the 2023 Toronto Book Award
- Longlisted, the 2023 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
- Longlisted, Canada Reads 2023
- One of the best books of 2022 by The Globe and Mail
- One of the best nonfiction books of 2022 by CBC Books
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Half-Bads in White Regalia
Pre-Order from And Other Stories (Europe)
- Winner, Indigenous Voices Award for Best Published Prose 2023
- Finalist, the 2023 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
- Longlisted, the 2023 Toronto Book Award
- Longlisted, the 2023 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
- Longlisted, Canada Reads 2023
- One of the best books of 2022 by The Globe and Mail
- One of the best nonfiction books of 2022 by CBC Books
"An exceedingly well crafted memoir, Half-Bads in White Regalia is a love story to siblings stepping up, to young people showing up for one another. There is magic in this book.” — 2023 IVA Jury Citation
"Cody Caetano has crafted that increasingly rare book: a memoir about childhood with enough lived experience to justify its having been written – and, in this case, written with unrelenting clarity and a compassion beyond his years" — 2023 Edna Staebler Award Jury Citation
“Rich in metaphor, plot, and some very serious comedy.” — Lee Maracle
“Caetano fills each moment with such character and humanity that it’s impossible not to fall in love.” — Jordan Abel
“Here is a book that sings the craft of memoir and life-telling.” — Jenny Heijun Wills
“An absolute interstellar triumph of a debut.” — Liz Howard
“Read it. You won’t regret it. Telling you.” — katherena vermette
“I've never read prose like Caetano's.” — Fawn Parker
“Caetano’s voice leaps off the page with a rhythmic, hip-hop style…[It] gives this memoir energy and descriptive heft.”— Toronto Star
“[Caetano’s] words feel like a gift bestowed upon the reader—it’s truly a standout, and an exceptional debut that will stay on the minds of those long after they turn the last page.”— Daily Hive