Reviews

The Deserter’s Tale: The Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away from the War in Iraq

Orwell wrote, “Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply ... Read More »

March 22, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

The Volunteer: A Canadian’s Secret Life in the Mossad

By Michael Ross with Jonathan Kay

March 22, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

The End of East

By Jen Sookfong Lee

This debut novel by Jen Sookfong Lee offers an eloquent yet predictable look at the multigenerational experiences of a Chinese-Canadian family in Vancouver. While the prose is raw and the creative energy evident, Lee’s novel ... Read More »

March 22, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Adam’s Peak

By Heather Burt

Two families live side by side in a middle-class Montreal neighbourhood: the Frasers, who emigrated from Scotland in the 1960s, and the Vantwests, who left life on a tea plantation in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) ... Read More »

March 22, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Bad Bridesmaid: Bachelorette Brawls and Taffeta Tantrums – What We Go Through For Her Big Day

By Siri Agrell

Full disclosure: this reviewer is not married, nor is she engaged. Her Mr. Wonderful took one look at her weekend reading – i.e., these two books – and wisely retreated to his study. She has ... Read More »

March 21, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

My Wedding Dress: True-Life Tales of Lace, Laughter, Tears and Tulle

By Susan Whelehan, Anne Laurel Carter, eds.

March 21, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Tales of a Curling Hack

By Doug Maxwell

Humility is a big part of curling’s successful formula. At a time when many professional athletes aggravate fans with their arrogant attitudes, curlers come across as the kind of folks you might run into at ... Read More »

March 21, 2007 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

The Letter Opener

By Kyo Maclear

Do you remember the Dead Letter Office? Apparently it changed its name in 1954 to the Undeliverable Mail Office – the UMO – which was thought to be a little less depressing, though the meaning ... Read More »

March 21, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Washington Diaries: 1981-1989

By Allan Gotlieb

Allan Gotlieb’s Washington Diaries isn’t a page-turner, but it is an exhaustively detailed, day-by-day account of the tenure of one of the most influential and memorable Canadian ambassadors to the United States. The accounts of ... Read More »

March 21, 2007 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Canadian Hockey Atlas

By Stephen Cole

Don’t take The Canadian Hockey Atlas on your team’s next road trip – not if you want to find the rink, anyway. Each of the 11 chapters here – one per province, plus one for ... Read More »

March 21, 2007 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

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