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Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab, Shani Mootoo
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As For Me and My House, Sinclair Ross
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I felt a sort of melancholy while reading this book, thinking about how life can be filled with so much loss.
The storytelling was exquisite, in my opinion. The way the words flow was soothing; the sentences fit just right.
It's interesting to think about how we see ourselves, how others see us, and how we think others see us and how these perceptions play in our relationships. This is what I was thinking about with Beena and her son Quinn or Beena and her sister Sadhana, or any of the other rel ...more
The storytelling was exquisite, in my opinion. The way the words flow was soothing; the sentences fit just right.
It's interesting to think about how we see ourselves, how others see us, and how we think others see us and how these perceptions play in our relationships. This is what I was thinking about with Beena and her son Quinn or Beena and her sister Sadhana, or any of the other rel ...more
I enjoyed this book, though I found it a bit overlong. Though the majority of the novel focuses on the relationship between two sisters as they navigate one sister's eating disorder, but I was also interested in the take-up of issues of immigration and citizenship in Quebec. Laura has already made a video about this book on Hello Hemlock and mine will be up soon.
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Montreal. Bagels. Sisters. Enticing enough read. Felt like I was waiting for something more to happen, but a nice story overall.
I'll have more to say, but, I love the title so much. There are several ways you could take it and maybe it's a pun on What's Bred in the Bone?
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