In the previous story, Berthe and Marie were six and four years old, but now they are twenty-two and twenty, when the Carette family is moving house once again. Having moved around the same neighbourhood every few seasons, they and their mother are signing a two-year lease for the
Shortly after I was old enough to peruse the magazines and newspapers that came to the houses of older family members, I discovered the wonders of the Columbia House Record Company and the Quality Paperback Bookclub via their advertisements. Both of these catalogue businesses offered tantalizing deals to new
Born in Montreal in 1922, Mavis Gallant grew up in both Québec and the northeastern United States. After she finished high school in New York City, she returned to Montréal where she worked at the National Film Board, until she became a reporter for the Montreal Standard at the
One of my readolutions for this year was to read more than 25% non-fiction. So far, my log records an even split – who knew?! Here are a few of my current preoccupations. Madeline Levine’s Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing
My Flannery wanderings began here, and I've been amazed by both how many readers have never heard of her and also how many books about her life and writing are in the public library. If I wanted to spend the year in her company, on the page, I
