Tag: Canongate
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Once We Were Sisters by Sheila Kohler (2017)
Like the last book I read, I found Once We Were Sisters through my GoodReads recommendations. I had never heard of Sheila Kohler but soon discovered that she is well-established writer of fiction, and this is her first memoir. It centres around her relationship with her older sister Maxine, and the devastation of Maxine’s sudden […]
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In Which I Read The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber and Had Some OPINIONS About It
My sister gave me this book for my birthday, so I really really wanted to like it. I’d heard a lot of good things. I wasn’t sure what I’d think of it. I went in with hope. Some basic premise for those who don’t know: our main character is Peter the priest, who is recruited […]