The Matter of Sylvie by Lee Kvern Brindle & Glass Publishing, 2010. 216 pp. Reviewed by Emily McIvor The Matter of Sylvie is warm and vibrating with life. It is a story of family tragedy and learning to cope with pain. The story is about Lloyd, Jacqueline and their four kids. Told by turns in the voices of Lloyd, Jacqueline [...]
The Players by Margaret Sweatman Goose Lane Editions, 2009 329 pages Reviewed by Annie Vigna Margaret Sweatman has favoured her readers with an historical fiction of 17th Century England and Northern Canada and titled it The Players. It is beautifully crafted from carefully researched facts of the prevailing idioms and sensibilities of that era when everyday [...]
The Sky is Falling by Caroline Adderson Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers, 2010 310pp. $32.95 ISBN 978-0-88762-613-5 Review by Annie Vigna Do you remember reading The Story of Chicken Little? Perhaps the version you read told of Chicken Little being in the woods one day when an acorn fell on her head. It scared her so much she trembled all over. She shook so hard, half of [...]
What Disturbs Our Blood by James Fitzgerald Random House Canada, 2010. 512 pp. Reviewed by Mary McIntyre What Disturbs Our Blood is FitzGerald’s second book. He shook the Canadian establishment a few years ago when he unveiled the secrets of Canada’s ruling class in Old Boys: The Powerful Legacy of Upper Canada College. Amongst many revelations, the one of sexual [...]
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