The COMPANY WE KEEP

Frances Itani. THE COMPANY WE KEEP. Harper Collins, 2020.

Found this U of M book club selection at the FVRL and borrowed it. Bonus: Large print, which always seems to read faster.

I love reading Canadian writers and ITANI is prolific; she has published fiction, poetry, and children's books. This is my first. I enjoyed it. The way it is organized around a poster advertising an informal grief support group. The way it is character-centred, with each chapter taking a different POV and some describing the meetings. The way the characters are of varied backgrounds but are all "mature", ranging in age from 45 to 80. And the underlying theme, of the power of grief to overwhelm us, and change our lives, short and long-term.

I have a second novel, REQUIEM, ready to read.