Unlikely Soldiers, by University of Western Ontario history professor Jonathan F. Vance, is the story of two young Canadians, Ken Macalister and Frank Pickersgill, who perished in the Second World War as agents of the ... Read More »
January 19, 2009 | Filed under: History
Dal & Rice, Wendy M. Davis’s collection of reminiscences, is a snapshot of a way of life long vanished. Davis is a daughter of the British Raj. Her father, Sir Godfrey, was a high official ... Read More »
January 19, 2009 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
Given the state of the world over the last seven-plus years, it is worthwhile to hear from the voices in Belonging and Banishment, a new collection of essays edited by University of Ottawa law professor ... Read More »
January 19, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Describing the life of slaves in the antebellum U.S. is a monumental task. Bryan Prince, a Canadian descendant of slaves, tackles the subject by telling the true story of a single family: the Weemses of ... Read More »
January 19, 2009 | Filed under: History
In the classic British film The Third Man, the central mystery concerns whether the elusive title character, played by Orson Welles, is alive or dead. Journalist John Geiger makes no mention of that movie in ... Read More »
January 19, 2009 | Filed under: Health & Self-help
On the afternoon of March 19, 2000, Vanessa Young, a 15-year-old girl from Oakville, Ontario, suffered a severe reaction to a common drug that she was taking to relieve the stomach discomfort and nausea she ... Read More »
January 19, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment
Jack of all trades Martin Hunter’s coming-of-age story is an entertaining and easy-to-read read memoir that puts the lie to the common perception of post-war Toronto as a stuffy, boring outpost. Set against the backdrop ... Read More »
January 19, 2009 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
Long before Oprah publicly eviscerated James Frey for exaggerating aspects of his biography, another notorious writer regularly employed hyperbole, embellishment, and outright lies in his “non-fiction” work. It takes Vancouver-based author Jim Oaten 162 pages ... Read More »
January 19, 2009 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
When writing about the grinding grief of Alzheimer’s victims and their families, it can be difficult to resist the easy path of self-pitying confessional or diatribe about the many shortcomings of geriatric care, but author ... Read More »
January 19, 2009 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
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