The Swinging Bridge

When 42-year-old, Trinidad-born Mona is forced to travel to Toronto to tend to her dying brother, she finds herself ensnared once again in a tangle of family history maintained by relatives intent on “dressing up ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

In My Own Name: A Memoir

By Maureen McTeer

This memoir is a bit of a slog. Not because Maureen McTeer hasn’t led an interesting life in politics and academia or met fascinating people in her privileged position as wife of a prime minister ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Devil and the Disappearing Sea: A True Story About the Aral Sea Catastrophe

By Rob Ferguson

Imagine Lake Huron drying up and disappearing. That is what is happening in Central Asia to the Aral Sea, once the world’s fourth-largest lake and now number eight. The Aral is only 20% of its ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Sap

By John Swan

John Swan’s first novel, Sap, begins “Every two-bit dick-yarn starts with a beautiful woman. They stride on long legs with longer tales of woe and misunderstanding,” and ends with the novel’s narrator (also named John ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Random Acts of Hatred

By George K. Ilsley

This first book of short stories portrays the childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood of gay and bisexual men. The stories, though not literally connected, add up to a collective portrait of the heartbreaks and struggles ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Wreck of the William Brown: A True Tale of Overcrowded Lifeboats and Murder at Sea

By Tom Koch

Tom Koch must be a busy man. He’s a professor of both geography and gerontology, a bioethics consultant for the Hospital for Sick Children, a journalist and media critic, a martial arts expert, and a ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: History

Damselfish

By Susan Ouriou

Already a reputed translator of works from French into English, Susan Ouriou now offers readers an ambitious debut novel. Impressive in its scope, the book attempts to cover a long list of themes, including religion, ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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