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62 Brock St. W., Uxbridge, Ontario. 905-852-4282Book Club Pick for February Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
“An unforgettable work of art.”—National Post
Saul Indian Horse is dying. Tucked away in a hospice high above the clash and clang of a big city, he embarks on a marvellous journey of imagination back through the life he led as a northern Ojibway, with all its sorrows and joys.
With compassion and insight, author Richard Wagamese traces through his fictional characters the decline of a culture and a cultural way. For Saul, taken forcibly from the land and his family when he’s sent to residential school, salvation comes for a while through his incredible gifts as a hockey player. But in the harsh realities of 1960s Canada, he battles obdurate racism and the spirit-destroying effects of cultural alienation and displacement.
Indian Horse unfolds against the bleak loveliness of northern Ontario, all rock, marsh, bog and cedar. Wagamese writes with a spare beauty, penetrating the heart of a remarkable Ojibway man.
Bookclub Pick for November 2012 – Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
November 21, 2012 – Tin Mill Restaurant on Toronto Street N., 6:30pm dinner (optional, but highly recommended) 7:30pm discussion.
Called a “magnificently crafted story . . . brimming with wisdom” by Howard Frank Mosher in The Washington Post Book World, Crossing to Safety has, since its publication in 1987, established itself as one of the greatest and most cherished American novels of the twentieth century. Tracing the lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, it is a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage.
Hey Everyone!! Anna gave an amazing presentation last night on Wallace Stegner’s “Crossing to Safety”. Everyone loved this book and it got a rating of 9.4 …pretty high praise, indeed!
Bookclub Pick for September 2012 – The Headmaster’s Wager by Vincent Lam
Percival Chen is the headmaster of the most respected English school in Saigon. He is also a bon vivant, a compulsive gambler and an incorrigible Continue reading
Bookstore Book Club Update
Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gail Parson is the book. The date was moved to September 28th, 2011 at the Tin Mill.
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