My Mother Joins the Resistance: Poems by Richard Harrison
My Mother Joins the Resistance is broader than her role as his mother, or than her as an individual, or memories.
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The Return of the Nish by Tyson Stewart
In Tyson Stewart’s debut novel, themes of broken family ties, reconnection, and ethical dilemmas are explored within an Anishinaabe family in northern Ontario.
Family Secrets: A Daughter’s Search for Her Parents’ Hidden War by Alice Switocz Goldbloom
This book is three memoirs, daughter, mother, and father, all wrapped together in the often-untold story of the Polish experience in WWII. Alice Switocz Goldbloom is both the daughter and the author.
A Current Through the Flesh by Richard-Yves Sitoski
As this suggests, for the author, family came with considerable pain, both psychological and physical.
The Fall-Down Effect by Liz Johnston
Once a family experiences a wholly destabilizing trauma, and is fractured—how does it heal or reform in the proceeding years, and is this recovery ever sufficient?
If, After Snow by Sheila Graham-Smith
I read If, After Snow earlier this month, before going on vacation and leaving my poor review sadly unwritten – but oh boy did I spend lots of time thinking about this novel, and how deeply it moved me.
Starry Starry Night by Shani Mootoo
I think one of the hardest things to write is from the viewpoint of a child.
In the Forests of the Night by Alison Hughes
In a world without trees and during a life without parents, Ellis craves answers.
The View from Errisbeg by Sheila Graham-Smith
There is something wonderful about a book that feels comfortable — not that it doesn’t challenge a reader, but it feels comfortable.
The Sugar Bowl Feud by Gina N. Brown
Set in small-town Nova Scotia, The Sugar Bowl Feud explores the many facets of grief and how four very different siblings deal with and cope with the pain of overwhelming loss. Told in alternating chapters, from each of the sibling’s points of view, we are introduced to each sibling along with their quirks, opinions, and personalities.
Always Pack a Pen: An Interview with Marion McKinnon Crook
“I will never stop writing,” says Marion McKinnon Crook after thirty books to her credit.
Throwback: The Better Part of Some Time by Mike Madill
The Better Part of Some Time was a winner of the 2021 Don Gutteridge Award, and in it we find poems about missed opportunities, expectations as often defeated as realized, and tiny revelations and epiphanies amidst the difficulty of fulfilling family obligations.
Sunset Lake Resort by Joanne Jackson
Families are often messy and Ruby’s family in Sunset Lake Resort by Joanne Jackson is no exception.
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic by Michelle Hébert
This is a darkly humourous, late coming of age tale, set in small-town Nova Scotia.
