“He’s been acting out the last couple of weeks. Now that I think about it, that’s when the immigration debates made it onto the front pages again, with knobs in suits saying we need to block our borders and ‘preserve our heritage.’
Cole often does a good job weaving contemporary issues related to gender, race, and power into the narrative. That could easily go wrong and feel clunky, but in her books it tends to work. It makes sense here because of who Tavish is, who his family is, and the reality of what's going on in the world. The issues are real but not personalized to a specific politician and therefore still preserves a bit of distance.
