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By Lorie Miseck

There’s something about the experience of grieving that memoirs capture particularly well. Perhaps because grief is so little understood, so socially difficult, and because it can take such a surprisingly long time to overcome, the ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

By Sylvia McNicoll

Elizabeth Kerr is back in Sylvia McNicoll’s sequel to her Silver Birch winner Bringing Up Beauty. In this book, 14-year-old Elizabeth, slogging through the morass of teenage angst, grapples with her first year of high ... Read More »

January 15, 2004

By Karen Krossing

In her first novel for teens, Take the Stairs, Toronto author Karen Krossing attempts something very difficult – to write a young adult novel in 13 voices. She comes tantalizingly close to succeeding. The 13 ... Read More »

January 15, 2004