The authorBorn in Toronto in 1975, Alison grew up in Kitchener, Ontario and in Quebec’s Eastern Townships. She has a BA in Psychology from the University of Guelph and an M Phil from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. Currently on faculty in the Humber School for Writers' Creative Wri...
I wanted to like this book more than I did, because of the premise of it. Unfortunately, all the flashes between past and present wore away at my interest, and I just wanted it to stay in the past. The past story was a little weak, but I felt like the present-day part of the story really didn't add ...
Man Booker #4Very good & very sad(which I was expecting)
Man Booker #4Very good & very sad(which I was expecting)
DEFINITELY NO SPOILERS!!!This has been difficult to achieve. ETA: I admit defeat. I only want to give this book three stars, and I do not quite now why. The book was perfectly executed. It kept me reading. The characters were well rounded. The writing was fine. Some nice similes were included, but ...
I devoured the entire novel in an on-again-off-again day's reading. It's not as though the plot is riveting (Ellen works in a trendy art gallery and Adam embarks on solo canoe trip in the Arctic): this is the stuff of ordinary life. (Well, some people's ordinary lives: not mine, but whatever.)The Sw...
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