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there was much about this novel that was appealing, particularly the aspects of native culture, and the settings. lisa's relationship with ma-ma-oo was my favourite piece of the book, and the knowledge lisa gained from her grandmother was so interesting to me. robinson deals with some very difficult themes within native culture. given the current unacceptable and heartbreaking situation in canada concerning the murdered and missing indigenous women, this is a very timely r ...more
there was much about this novel that was appealing, particularly the aspects of native culture, and the settings. lisa's relationship with ma-ma-oo was my favourite piece of the book, and the knowledge lisa gained from her grandmother was so interesting to me. robinson deals with some very difficult themes within native culture. given the current unacceptable and heartbreaking situation in canada concerning the murdered and missing indigenous women, this is a very timely r ...more
Monkey Beach was read for the CBC Goodreads Book Club and the "Reading Across Canada" theme. This was the first - British Columbia. I read ahead again - was supposed to make this last for the month. I found that while this had a really strong start, and one I was enjoying, petered out considerably in the middle - lots of filler and it spiralled downhill - the way Lisa Marie's life was headed, and the pages and pages of description of fish and the types of fish went on far too long and then impor
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"Monkey Beach" is named (supposedly) because of frequent viewings of sasquatch. For Lisamarie, the protagonist of Eden Robinson's novel about the Haisla area of British Columbia, Monkey Beach is the site of a great personal tragedy. As she remembers her childhood in this beautiful but haunted area, she is visited by the ghosts from her past. Indeed, she has a great deal of loss in her family, and she copes with it by retreating into Indian floklore and magic. All in all it is a good read about w
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