Fun Times Brigade

By (author): Lindsay Zier-Vogel

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. It’s the first time in a decade that she hasn’t been living the busy life of a successful children’s musician, and her sense of self is unravelling. To make matters worse, her former bandmates have seemingly abandoned her.

In flashbacks, we see Amy’s journey to artistic success—her stumblings as a solo singer-songwriter and her eventual evolution into acclaim as a children’s entertainer. But as the novel progresses—and Amy grapples with a devastating loss—we come to understand how precarious definitions of artistic success can be and how hard it is to truly find our place in the world.

The Fun Times Brigade examines the enduring challenges of reconciling being an artist with being a mother, and how we ultimately fail and find the need to forgive those we love. It is also a timely reflection on what it really means to have a good life in a world that demands we have—and be—it all, and asserts that amidst the chaos, we can find our way back to our genuine selves.

AUTHOR

Lindsay Zier-Vogel

LINDSAY ZIER-VOGEL is a Toronto-based writer, arts educator, and the creator of the internationally acclaimed Love Lettering Project, where she has asked people all over the world to write love letters to their communities and hide them for strangers to find, spreading place-based love. After studying contemporary dance, she received her MA in Creative Writing from the University of Toronto. Her writing has been widely published in Canada and the U.K. Her debut novel inspired by the story of Amelia Earhart, Letters to Amelia, has been hailed as unforgettable. Her hand-bound books are housed in the permanent collection at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library in Toronto. 


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Dimensions:

330 Pages
8in * 5.25in * 1in
0.8lb

Published:

May 01, 2025

Country of Publication:

CA

Publisher:

Book*hug Press

ISBN:

9781771669412

Book Subjects:

FICTION / Women

Language:

eng

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