Category: Book Reviews
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“Unbecoming” by Jenny Downham
Jenny Downham’s Young Adult novel about three generations of women has received rave reviews and I can absolutely see why. Unbecoming is a gripping read from the very first sentence. “It was like an alien had landed. Really, it was that weird.” Seventeen year old Katie’s estranged grandma comes crashing into her life in dramatic fashion. Mary…
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“An Absent Mind” by Eric Rill
An Absent Mind is a slim novel set in contemporary Canada. It explores the impact of a Dementia diagnosis on a close family unit. The novel opens with the patriarch, Saul beginning to acknowledge his own mental confusion. It moves through his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, the advent of the illness and subsequent decline, his move to a…