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The Diviners, by Margaret Laurence (1974 🇨🇦) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Premise: When her daughter leaves home to find herself, an author recollects her own often difficult journey of self-discovery

Review: This is a deserved classic of Canadian literature, even if it left me feeling a bit empty. It succeeds best in its thematic exploration of storytelling, identity, and dispossession, and how those intersect with race, class, and gender. Cont.

I cannot begin to describe how much I love this book. Both a novel about Anil, a young woman who returns to her birth country of Sri Lanka after years of studying abroad, and a historical document detailing the challenges facing her as a forensic anthropologist as she attempts to unravel truth from the bodies left/scattered from the island‘s years of civil war and forced disappearances.

Reading while watching the Yankee v Cleveland Guardians. ⚾️

A great read from my #14Books14Weeks stack. I‘ve wanted to read this for awhile and really enjoyed Atwood‘s take on The Odyssey. Thank you so much @BarbaraBB for sending me this copy! ♥️

I cleaned out the garden of weeds. Feel so accomplished! My neighbors stopped by to tell me how great it looked sans weeds. Now I am reading a library book on the porch. It‘s breezy but blue skies with some drifting cumulus clouds-puff balls. ☁️
Earlier this morning I met my sister for coffee. ☕️🩷
Later today we are going to Pepe‘s for pizza. 🍕
Such a lovely day; I won‘t mind work tomorrow.

Hay fever hit me hard today, so what better way to spend a rainy day than finishing up this book? I enjoyed Salamander - it wasn't a favourite and I felt a little lost at points, but that could be because it took me a little longer to get through due to real-life busy-ness getting in my way. Solid 7 or 8 out of 10, though.

The storytelling is compelling and genuine, featuring a strong female protagonist who navigates challenges with poise and confidence. It's evident that the author conducted thorough research and every detail is grounded in real events.

The story of Anne's daughter, this novel describes in realistic detail the lives of Canadians during WWI. Despite the heavy themes, this story still has plenty of charm and humour. I especially liked reading about the 1917 federal election as we were going through the 2025 federal election.

#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread @BarbaraJean
#52bookclub25 (Has a moon on the cover)
#gottacatchemall (Emolga: cute character) @PuddleJumper

Hey Nostradamus!, By Douglas Coupland (2003 🇨🇦)
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Premise: A 1988 school shooting in Greater Vancouver reverberates across fifteen years.

Review: I graduated high school a year before the 1999 Columbine shooting and was 21 on 9/11, two events which haunt this novel. Cont.