Award Winners
The Assassin’s Song
This is my first foray into literature written by M. G. Vassanji, and I will say right now that I have already put a hold on another Vassanji novel, The in-between World of Vikram Lall .
The Giller Prize winning novel, The Assassin’s Song is about Karsan Dargawalla, a young man who loves reading and has hopes of [...]
Divisedero
Michael Ondaatje has written another entrancing and complex story that takes you from 1970’s California to France many years later. The story begins with teenage sisters Anna and Claire, their taciturn father and the young, enigmatic Coop, who was orphaned and taken in by the family.
As you delve into this story, you discover that Claire was orphaned and [...]
An Inconvenient Truth
For those of us who are concerned about global warming and climate change, this film is a must see. It confirms all that we observe happening around us and reaffirms all we are doing to make changes in our personal habits are having a positive effect.
If you are not convinced about the disasterous environmental changes [...]
Small Island by Andrea Levy
I’ve had this award winning novel on my reading list for a few years now, thinking that the first book to win both the 2004 Whitbread Book of the Year Award and the 2004 Orange Prize must be worth reading. I was not disappointed.
Set in London England in 1948, this book explores the experiences of two married couples: [...]
