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Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson
“Names have power. This is the fundamental principle of magic everywhere. Call out the name of a supernatural being, and you will have its instant and undivided attention in the same way that your lost toddler will have yours the second it calls your name.” First published in 2000 Monkey Beach is a deeply evocative…
1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 1st pov, 4 STARS, ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE, addiction, affairs, bildungsroman, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, british columbia, canada, canadian author, CHILDHOOD, coming of age, DEATH, Eden Robinson, family, female authors, ghosts/spirits, girlhood, GRIEF, growing up, haisla, haisla author, identity, indigenous, indigenous author, introspective, MAGICAL REALISM, MEMORY, monkey beach, My reviews, native american & first nation, Native American & First Nation authors, place as character, published in 2000, rape, re-reads, read in 2021, read in 2022, reading, rural setting, sea, sexual assault/abuse/rape, siblings, social issues, YOUNG ADULT -
The Fat Lady Sings by Jacqueline Roy
Although I have not yet read anything by Bernardine Evaristo I am so grateful to her for bringing about this Black Britain: Writing Back series (which re-issues 6 titles by Black British authors). If it hadn’t been for Evaristo, I doubt I would have come across The Fat Lady Sings, a criminally overlooked modern classic.…
1990s, 1st pov, 2000s, 4 STARS, abuse, Black & Black heritage authors, child abuse, DEPRESSION, eating disorders, england, female authors, female friendships, friendships, GRIEF, HOSPITAL, illness, JACQUELINE ROY, jamaican british author, LESBIAN, lgbtq+, LONDON, mental health, modern classics, PSYCHIATRISTS & THERAPISTS, published in 2000, read in 2021, sexual assault/abuse/rape, suicide, THE FAT LADY SINGS -
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
“I had always understood, of course, that the task of rooting out evil in its most devious forms, often just when it is about to go unchecked, is a crucial and solemn undertaking.” As much as it pains me to admit this…I didn’t particularly care for this novel. While it is written in Kazuo Ishiguro’s…
1920s, 1930S, 1st pov, 20th century, 3 STARS, Adult, British author, CHILDHOOD, China, england, existentialism, friendships, growing up, HISTORICAL FICTION, introspective, Kazuo Ishiguro, LITERARY FICTION, LONDON, male authors, male friendships, MEMORY, missing persons, MYSTERY, orphans, psychological, published in 2000, read in 2020, Shanghai, Sino-Japanese War, war, when we were orphans
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