Crib Notes-Oh Canada! Celebrate Canada Day With A Book
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It should go without saying that Canada has an amazing array of authors residing and creating within our beautiful borders. For this crib notes I focused in on recent fictional releases that you may have missed! Pretty sure no matter what your current inclinations might be, you will find a read to revel in. Happy Canada Day!
HOW A WOMAN BECOMES A LAKE – Marjorie Celona
It’s New Year’s Day, a day of resolutions and fresh hopes and dreams you feel with steadfast certainty will come true. With confidence in these facts, wife and mother Vera sets out for a walk never to return. Somewhere along the way she calls the police to report finding a boy in the woods, but the call is cut short. A compelling and lyrical novel with enormous depth.
If you liked…Forty Words For Sorrow, Little Fires Everywhere
RECIPE FOR A PERFECT WIFE – Karma Brown
As Alice begins a new life after following her husband to New York in pursuit of his dreams, she discovers an old cookbook from the fifties buried in a box in the basement. Friends and family soon become concerned she has gone overboard in embracing the era. Fun and charming even when tackling the knotty issues of gender stereotypes.
If you liked…Normal People, All Adults Here
THE SUBTWEET – Vivek Shraya
When Neela’s song is covered by internet famous artist Rukmini, the two musicians meet, and a transformative friendship begins. But as Rukmini’s star rises and Neela’s stagnates, jealously and self-doubt creep in. Then a single tweet implodes the friendship that they have built. Biting and tender!
If you liked…The Followers, Such A Fun Age
WASHINGTON BLACK – Esi Edugyan
Two people, one an eleven-year-old slave and the other a free man, challenge the insurmountable divide that separates them as they begin to see each other as human. From the blistering cane fields of Barbados to the icy plains of the Canadian Arctic, from the mud slick streets of London to the eerie deserts of Morocco, this novel teems with atmosphere. And more importantly asks; can a life salvaged from the ashes ever be made whole.
If you liked…Confessions Of Frannie Langton, The Boat People
