Good story. I liked the characters, especially Matt. I am personally a bit anti-academic (but pro-intellectual), so didn't really care for the main character Kate, or her boyfriend Daniel. But since most of the storytellers place before Kate enters university, I can still recommend this one for summ...
Crow Lake is the predecessor to The Other Side Of The Bridge, which I read first. Set in the same community in rural northern Ontario, it's an equally powerful piece of story-telling, displaying real emotional depth and compelling characterisation. The story describes the impact of tragedy on a gr...
This is very cleanly written, so it's a fast read. Just a good simple story about 4 children who lose their parents in a car accident and the struggles they go through to stay together as a family. The narrator looks back on how the choices each of them made altered their own lives as well as the ...
This is one of the most emotionally satisfying books I have read. Set in a small town in the far north of Canada, The Other Side Of The Bridge is constructed of two parallel narratives: the story of Arthur, a farmer's son growing up in the nineteen thirties and forties; and Ian, a doctor's son growi...
I spent the first 2/3 of the book thinking about giving up on it. But I kept my faith in my fellow book lovers who'd recommended it, and I'm glad I did. I won't say more.
Road Ends by Mary Larson is set in Struan a fictional town in the North of Canada and revels the story of the intricacies and anguish of family life and how we face tragedy and the pull of responsibilities of family life.I liked this novel but couldn't help wishing that I had read the author's first...
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