Here are 12 books I really enjoyed. By the time you’ve read them all, I’ll probably have another 12!
Three Day Road – Joseph Boyden . Set in Moosonee and the trenches of World War I, this is the story of two native boys.
Rockbound: Frank Parker Day. Canada Reads winner in 2005. Rockbound is an island off the south shore of Nova Scotia. It’s the story of two families.
The Birth House - Ami McKay. The story of a midwife in Nova Scotia, her friends, neighbours, and their lives as wives and mothers.
Water For Elephants – Sara Gruen. Life in a circus: the animals, the workers.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan- Lisa See . Set in China, it’s the story of a friendship between two girls. Foot binding is described at length: and I complain about bunions!
Shadow on The Wind- Carlos Ruiz Zafon. A boy searches for the author of a long-loved book and stumbles on several mysteries about the book and the author. A juicy, long read.
The Way The Crow Flies – Anne-Marie MacDonald. A fictional representation of the Stephen Truscott case.
An Audience of Chairs – Joan Clark. The story of a woman who is bipolar and how in the end she saves herself, mainly because she enjoys life so fully and completely.
Late Nights on Air- Elizabeth Hay. The story of a radio station in Yellowknife, the people who work there, and a long, momentous canor trip.
The Book of Negroes – Lawrence Hill. Aminata, abducted into slavery at age 12, the sea voyage to North Carolina, and her life in America and Nova Scotia, then back to Sierra Leone.
The Law of Dreams- Peter Behrens. Peter is 15 when his family starves to death in Ireland as a result of the potato famine. This is the story of how he survives to eventually come to Canada.
Strawberry Fields – Marina Lewycha. A group of berry-pickers in England and their road trip through England. Very entertaining and illuminating.
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