In 1992, Jevrem lived through the siege of Sarajevo and Katja Rudolph’s novel considers the impact of such trauma, which extends far beyond national borders. He develops fervent opinions and beliefs based on his early experiences and the events witnessed in his family, ensuing losses and severences. HarperCollins, 2014
Desmond has returned to the island because the prime minister has asked those who went abroad to help rebuild the nation, now that it has gained its independence. Harper Collins Publishers, 2014 Cecil Foster's experience is not unlike Desmond's, but Independence is rooted in the story of a
When I started reading The Truth about Luck, I was taking the bus to meet a friend to go book-buying. House of Anansi, 2013 We had chosen the date and destination a month ago; the only thing left to decide the night before was the exact time that
Rosy Thornton's More Than Love Letters (2006) Headline, 2007 "Don’t you think it would be sad if nobody ever wrote each other love letters any more?" The genesis of Rosy Thornton's debut novel could well have been that statement. Of course it's a character -- not the author
Catherine M.A. Wiebe’s Second Rising (1984) Blue Butterfly Books, 2009 Thanks to Melwyk, who bookchatted about this first novel in such a way (at The Indextrious Reader) that I simply had to follow up. And in the immediate way. Not in the still-lingering-on-the-TBR-list-years-later kind of way. (Not that there’s anything
