pickTwo big thumbs up!! It is a collection of stories about people that live on the same street in Scarborough in the 1970s. It deals with what it was like to grow up in that era, new immigrants finding their way in Canada, adults looking for happiness.
pickI committed to read the CBC Reads list this year, and Corvus was on the list. It is a tale set in the future, and I would normally give it a swerve. I‘m so glad I didn‘t. Definitely recommend this book. It paints a bleak picture of what the world will look like in 70 years...think security and food scarcity. However, the main characters end up giving you hope.
pickThis is a first hand account of how the residential school system in Canada affected three generations in one family. By retelling her own experience, Bev paints a clear picture of how the government and church systematically worked together to wipe out a culture. Most Canadians know of residential schools, but we only have a hazy understanding. Bev is a survivor and she still bears the scars, scars that will take generations to get over.
pickPlease read this book. It is an important memoir of Alan Kurdi and a humbling reminder of what millions of Syrians have endured and the price they have been forced to pay during the Syrian war.
26 chapters —- one for each letter of the alphabet. Great little story nuggets, but he lost me by the Letter K. I liked the insight into his life as a grandson, being an ER doctor in Canada and in third world countries, but it started rambling too much. If I start skimming a book, it can‘t be a good sign.
pickGut wrenching lay honest and bare. Terese is completely open about her dysfunctional behaviour and her childhood experiences.
pickMax Eisen‘s story is an important reminder of what can happen if intolerance is allowed and how easy it is for people to do what is safe rather than what is right. We are losing the voices of those who survived the holocaust. It is so important that it not be relegated to something long forgotten in the past.
