Title: A Complicated Kindness Author: Miriam Toews Publisher: Knopf Canada Publication Date: 2004 ISBN: 9780676978568 Synopsis from Goodreads: Sixteen-year-old Nomi Nickel longs to hang out with Lou Reed and Marianne Faithfull in New York City’s East Village. Instead she’s trapped in East Village, Manitoba, a small town whose population is Mennonite: “the most embarrassing sub-sect ofContinue reading “Review: A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews”
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Review: The Flying Troumans by Miriam Toews
Title: The Flying Troutman Author: Miriam Toews Publisher: Knopf Canada Publication Date: ISBN: 9780307397492 Synopsis from Goodreads: Hattie hears her sister Min has been checked into a psychiatric hospital, and finds herself flying back to Winnipeg to take care of Thebes and Logan, her niece and nephew. Not knowing what else to do, she loads theContinue reading “Review: The Flying Troumans by Miriam Toews”
Review: Us Conductors by Sean Michaels
Title: Us Conductors Author: Sean Michaels Publisher: Random House of Canada Publication Date: January 1, 2015 ISBN: 9780345815767 Synopsis from Goodreads: In a ship steaming its way from Manhattan back to Leningrad, Lev Termen writes a letter to his “one true love”, Clara Rockmore, telling her the story of his life. Imprisoned in his cabin, heContinue reading “Review: Us Conductors by Sean Michaels”
Worn Pages is back up and running!
Hi all! I’ve finally had some time to get back to writing and I thank you all SO MUCH for your patience. The wedding is still a few weeks away, but now that I’m nearly done preparing the decorations, I’ve been able to go back and review a few books. I’m exciting to share theContinue reading “Worn Pages is back up and running!”
Review: The Boy Who Escaped Paradise by J. M. Lee
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Boy Who Escaped Paradise Author: J. M. Lee Publisher: Pegasus Books Publication Date: December 6, 2016 ISBN: 9781681772523 Synopsis from Goodreads: An unidentified body is discovered in New York City, with numbers and symbols written in blood near the corpse.Continue reading “Review: The Boy Who Escaped Paradise by J. M. Lee”
Review: The Spawning Ground
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Spawning Grounds Author: Gail Anderson-Dargatz Publisher: Knopf Canada Publication Date: September 6, 2016 ISBN: 9780345810816 Synopsis from Goodreads: On one side of the river is a ranch once owned by Eugene Robertson, who came in the gold rush around 1860, andContinue reading “Review: The Spawning Ground”
Review: Birdie by Tracey Lindberg
Title: Birdie Author: Tracey Lindberg Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: May 26, 2015 ISBN: 9781554682942 Synopsis from Goodreads: Birdie is a darkly comic and moving first novel about the universal experience of recovering from wounds of the past, informed by the lore and knowledge of Cree traditions. Bernice Meetoos, a Cree woman, leaves her home in NorthernContinue reading “Review: Birdie by Tracey Lindberg”
Worn Pages and Ink 