Shelley McAneeley a review of: Do You Think This is Strange? Aaron Cully Drake Brindle and Glass Publishing ISBN 978-1-927366-387 Having just completed my usual morning talk with my aged mother, I notice that I panic, and mentally search for meaning during the conversation with her. I hope to respond at the right moment,…
Shelley McAneeley A review of Various Positions By Martha Schabas Doubleday Canada (2011) ISBN: 978-0-385-66876-7 $22.00 Veiled in the joy of acceptance into an elite ballet school, Georgia, our protagonist, begins an exploration of beauty, body and desire. Various Positions discloses the darker world of desire and takes us on a journey that illustrates how…
Shelley McAneeley A review of Why Men Lie by Linden MacIntyre Random House (2012) ISBN: 978-0-307-36086-1 $32.00 Linden Macintyre takes us on a journey through a new relationship with a flame from Effie’s past. Effie fails to recognize JC Campbell immediately, but she soon recalls his presence from their respective natal hometowns near Cape Breton.…
Shelley McAneeley A review of The Selector of Souls by Shauna Singh Baldwin Knopf Canada (2012) ISBN 978-0307362926 $32.00 Damini, one protagonist, is presented as both murderess and goddess. Damini’s belief in the Pantheon of Hindi gods and their patient permission through eternal reincarnation, allows her to resolve the paradox of who she is, so…
Shelley McAneeley A review of Floating Like The Dead by Yasuko Thanh Emblem Editions (M & S) (2012) ISBN 978-0-7710-8429-4 $22.00 Yasuko Thanh creates a fascinating collection of spell binding anecdotes of lepers and lovers, and other quirks. Her explorations of these topics, the squeamishly shunned, are bold and inviting. The collection begins with a…