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105th out of 290 books
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99 voters
West of Wawa
Fiction. Emotionally battered and bruised, 29-year-old Australian immigrant Benny is looking for escape, not redemption. Escape from herself and the dismal failures of her life: her first solo art exhibition is panned by critics and her husband left her for an Andy Warhol look-alike. Isolated from her family, her career as an abstract artist in ruins, she comes to Canada a...more
Paperback, 305 pages
Published
September 30th 2011
by Inanna Publications & Education
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Lisa de Nikolits takes us on an unforgettable road trip in her second novel, West of Wawa. Fueled by bitterness and anger, 29-year-old Benny leaves her home in Sydney, Australia, and heads across the world to Canada. She’s hell-bent on escape. She leaves a failed art career, a broken marriage and everyone she knows. In St. John’s, Nfld., she hauls her backpack filled with codeine, Valium and Southern Comfort onto a Greyhound bus and sets out into the great Canadian unknown.
De Nikolits has a way...more
De Nikolits has a way...more
West of Wawa follows Benny, a young woman on the brink of turning 30, who’s suddenly found herself floundering. A series of catastrophic events relating to her career and home life rock her to the core of who she is, and so she leaves Sydney, Australia and heads to Canada. There she begins a cross-country journey, mostly to hide from her past, her family, and herself. But eventually, she begins to seek again and through her myriad adventures, finds her way out of the ashes of her old life to beg...more
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West of Wawa was an interesting read. It was well written, I truly enjoyed the writing style and the language what was used for storytelling. West of Wawa is definitely worth of reading, especially if you like road novels.
Regarding the plot:
The novel is so much more than just a road trip. You meet Benny, a woman is very close to getting 30 years old and the book takes you to Benny's trip to finding out who she really is. After an unsuccessful relationship Australian woman called Benny...more
West of Wawa was an interesting read. It was well written, I truly enjoyed the writing style and the language what was used for storytelling. West of Wawa is definitely worth of reading, especially if you like road novels.
Regarding the plot:
The novel is so much more than just a road trip. You meet Benny, a woman is very close to getting 30 years old and the book takes you to Benny's trip to finding out who she really is. After an unsuccessful relationship Australian woman called Benny...more
I can’t quite concur with the book cover’s promise of “A funny, moving journey towards self-realization” but it was definitely a fun read for me.
The book follows Benny, a 29 year old Australian women, as she arrives in Toronto and then decides to travel across Canada. She is at a crossroads in her life and needs to find out what she wants to do with her future, a future that was once full of promise of love and artistic success and now seems rather uncertain if not disappointing to her.
While Lis...more
The book follows Benny, a 29 year old Australian women, as she arrives in Toronto and then decides to travel across Canada. She is at a crossroads in her life and needs to find out what she wants to do with her future, a future that was once full of promise of love and artistic success and now seems rather uncertain if not disappointing to her.
While Lis...more
Benny is getting close to her 30th birthday and needs to decide what to do with her life. Before she can make such a momentous decision, she makes a rather impetuous one and decides to take a road trip across Canada. Think less jet set lifestyle, jumbo jets and the high life and more Greyhound buses, junk food and chai lattes. However, there’s more to this trip than champagne and roses: this is a chance for Benny to find herself and, hopefully, find her future.
I loved Benny as a character. She i...more
I loved Benny as a character. She i...more
Not only a geographical journey but also a personal one. This book engages, excites and thrills all at the same time. Lisa manages to create a well rounded character in Benny, with flaws that are real & perceived. Her 'journey' will stay with you long after you turn the last page.
I highly recommend this book.
I highly recommend this book.
This was a book I picked up at the Ontario Library Association Conference. I should have left it there. It meandered on and on. The story unfolds during a run- away bus trip across Canada. A woman is fleeing a failed art show and a bad marriage. In her escape she is heavily into drugs, overwork and bad men.
A fascinating story about a young woman who is determined to change her lifestyle while travelling and working across Canada.
Mar 20, 2013
Lizette Carlson
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So close to home ... way up north ... Canadian soil!
Although well-written, this book's protagonist was a little too dysfunctional for my taste, and her journey to a better place is not very believable.
Liked the book, didn't enjoy the cheesy subtitles
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