Winner: 2016 Golden Crown Literary Award ("Goldie), Dramatic/General Fiction2016 Hamilton Literary Award, FictionNominee: 2016 Golden Crown Literary Award ("Goldie"), Dramatic/General Fiction2016 Toronto Book Awards, Finalist23rd Annual Hamilton Arts Council Literary Award, FictionTwo lively girls meet aboard a roller coaster in 1909 and develop a special connection. A modern-day woman grieves the loss of her lesbian partner with whom she was not in love. Heyday is a double-barreled novel that features separate story lines set in different eras, both of which explore the soul's quest for pleasure and the power of love to endure through lifetimes.