In the Wake: Books which Suit RIP X

2024-05-31T19:04:12-04:00

In the past, I've made large stacks of creepy reading with the RIP challenges in mind, but I  have a habit of stacking up many lovely possibilities but then choosing different books altogether later on. Perhaps this is partly because books can surprise you and take you in unexpected directions.

In the Wake: Books which Suit RIP X2024-05-31T19:04:12-04:00

Sigal Samuel’s The Mystics of Mile End (2015)

2020-08-19T08:28:35-04:00

There are five windows on the cover of Sigal Samuel's debut novel; in only one of them does a pair of people appear. Freehand Books, 2015 In three of the windows there is a solitary silhouette, and in the window at the top, the blind is nearly pulled to

Sigal Samuel’s The Mystics of Mile End (2015)2020-08-19T08:28:35-04:00

“Wood” Alice Munro

2017-07-25T11:20:34-04:00

Strangely enough, although I read this story twice earlier this year as well, when I scanned the table of contents I could not place it. Planning to reread for a third time this morning, I had no idea; it wasn't until the talk of the truck and Roy's need to gather the wood

“Wood” Alice Munro2017-07-25T11:20:34-04:00

Gilaine E. Mitchell’s The Breaking Words (2015)

2020-08-19T08:28:49-04:00

As was the case with her first novel, Gilaine Mitchell's follow-up is set in the small town of Stirling. In her debut, Film Society, a group of women meet to watch their favourite films in the red brick house at the end of Anne Street. One of the characters in Film Society,

Gilaine E. Mitchell’s The Breaking Words (2015)2020-08-19T08:28:49-04:00

Edna O’Brien’s The Love Object

2017-07-24T14:56:47-04:00

In interview with Harriet Gilbert, when meeting to discuss her landmark work The Country Girls as part of the BBC's World Book Club, Edna O'Brien speaks about the relationship in that novel between a young woman and a married man referred to as Mr. Gentleman. Little, Brown and Company, 2015

Edna O’Brien’s The Love Object2017-07-24T14:56:47-04:00
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