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COMFORT & JOY
Kristin Hannah. COMFORT & JOY. Ballantine, 2020/2005. A second book club selection. The title alludes to a Christmas carol but the prot...
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Peter Robinson. WATCHING THE DARK . Hodder & Stoughton, 2012. Set in Estonia, Banks and a female officer from internal affairs, pursue ...
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O'Neill, Heather. Lullabies For Little Criminals . HarperCollins, 2006. Why did it take me ten years to read this book? It is incredib...
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Ian Rankin. SET IN DARKNESS . Orion, 2000. I still love Rebus. This older story is set around 1999 while the new parliament building is be...
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A friend responded that Canadian content would not be high on her list. I realize how much I benefited by having my university years coincide with all the Centennial hoopla--Pride. Identity. etc. But also, as a former English teacher, I really feel that the absence of knowledge about Canadian literature is a reflection of the failure of our education system. Outdated, borrowed from imperial nations UK & USA, by colonized minds who think literature is the writing of dead people from other places, a canon, rather than a living art created by real people helping other real people understand themselves and their place in the world.
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