The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood

I started reading the much-anticipated The Year of the Flood before the Giller shortlist was announced and the blogs and papers started buzzing in shock at this grand dame’s exclusion from our most lucrative literary award. But after completing the book, I can understand why this venerable Canadian scribe was left out in the cold.
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A Love Song That Lingers…

A review of “Except My Love For You,” a novel by John Hodgert
“Except My Love For You” by John Hodgert tells the story of a 45 year-old man named Gordon from Winnipeg, Manitoba.  The novel begins with Gordon’s dramatic decision at the peak of his career to set aside his business and his marriage to [...]

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The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls

It’s a running joke that there’s never any food in my parents’ house. My mother lacks the foresight necessary for adequate grocery shopping, although even when my mother was at her most Hubbard, I never had to eat exclusively grapes for three weeks or pick through other kids’ discarded lunches in the bathroom garbage so [...]

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