Secret codes, ancient mysteries, adventure stories, treasures, oversized fold-out maps, a hidden pocket in the back binding, and a satin ribbon for a marker. (I know, it sounds too good to be true, but read on: it's really quite marvellous.) Put that together with a passion for history and storytelling
The cover of People Park invites readers to take a walk in another's shoes. See? They're actually right there: the shoes, on the cover, with their laces still tied. But it's not going to be easy to wedge your feet in, not like that. You will have to do
Ana is a research lawyer, and a wife: she has not had everything. McClelland & Stewart, 2012 (Emblem Editions) This is not all bad. Because she has not had a child, she has not had occasion to conceal the responsibilities of motherhood from her employers, she has enjoyed the
Dundurn, 2011 The ReLit shortlist was announced earlier this week, but I'm still reading from the longlist. Farzana Doctor's Six Metres of Pavement (Dundurn, 2011) was also nominated for the Toronto Book Award. That's fitting because the setting plays an important role in this story, but much of the drama
The events of Darkest Light unfold sixteen years after Hiromi Goto's Half World (here, I spell out the reasons why I fell under its spell). Penguin - Razorbill, 2012 Melanie is off-stage and readers know little of her story, only what Gee, knows, that "...something had happened to Older Sister. Something bad."
