Rush Home Road

I ended up being disappointed with this novel. The first 200 pages were great, but as disaster piled upon disaster, I began to feel manipulated, and frankly, bored by it all. There were just too many coincidences, some unrealistic plot developments, and too much treacle. The novel is worth reading for the historical aspects of a black community in Southern Ontario, the prejudice towards them, and most particularly the women. Lori's second novel, The Girls, was infinitely better, and far more believable.