Books I read in December

My to-be-read and in-progress pile! That’s the French version of Le Grand Meaulnes; I already read the English translation.







The Marrow Thieves, Cherie Dimaline

Highly recommended. The starting premise — that the Indigenous people of Canada are being hunted and captured, and their bone marrow stolen — is horrific, but an excellent metaphor for the genocidal policies inflicted on them in past centuries. In spite of this horror, the kindness and solidarity of the small band of Indigenous ...