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From the Library: Community, growing up, and pop tarts

October 12, 202225 Comments

Wonder World by K.R. Byggdin (Enfield & Wizenty) When I saw the cover of this book (a jar of pickles?), I knew I had to read it. (And--although Byggdin grew up in Manitoba--they are now living on the East Coast.) Isaac Funk has been living in Halifax for ten years; for ten years he has … Continue reading From the Library: Community, growing up, and pop tarts

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Let Us Be True by Erna Buffie

June 7, 201825 Comments

We often hear about how we need to know our history before we can heal and move on; globally, nationally, and personally. But often that's easier said than done. In an interview with the Calgary Journal, Erna Buffie explains that she wanted to write a book about her "mother's generation of women".  I think a lot … Continue reading Let Us Be True by Erna Buffie

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The Break by Katherena Vermette

February 22, 201738 Comments

[Goodreads synopsis] When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break — a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house — she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a series of shifting narratives, people who … Continue reading The Break by Katherena Vermette

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Ledger of the Open Hand by Leslie Vryenhoek

March 8, 201620 Comments

For this book, I'm bringing out all the clichés: I did not want to put this book down, I didn't want it to end, and I predict that it will be on my best-of list at the end of the year.  [Breakwater Books] Ledger of the Open Hand looks at the intimate power of money and … Continue reading Ledger of the Open Hand by Leslie Vryenhoek

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