![]() But these unflinching, brutally honest stories accomplish what fiction is meant to do." "Readers will feel implicated in their foibles, often painfully. " Homesick for Another World tends to subvert likeability at every turn, populated as it is by characters who are rash, desperate, ill-advised and self-destructive," reviewer Pasha Malla writes. Homesick for Another World, by Ottessa Moshfegh (Penguin Press) – Unflinching, brutally honest stories that are the chilling opposite of the author's comforting previous effort. Although the basic structure and setting is perhaps standard, her talent renders it anew – making Manhattan Beach a sparkling, lush epic of a novel." "What is revelatory," reviewer Stacey May Fowles writes, "is how beautifully drawn, vivid and moving this familiar setup is when crafted by Egan's skilled hand. ![]() Manhattan Beach, by Jennifer Egan (Scribner) – The Pulitzer Prize-winning author tackles the well-worn themes of precarious familial bonds, secrets and lies, love and lust, abandonment and individualism. Of Nicole Krauss's first novel since her 2010 National Book Award finalist Great House, reviewer José Teodoro says he "felt grateful" for a non-linear journey "through insightful and sometimes moving meditations on marriage and its myriad pitfalls, through the pleasures of secrets, hoaxes and multiverses and the perils of the solipsism that accompany such pondering." "This requires a deft hand and superb control, and Davies evinces both the stories in The Redemption of Galen Pike are tiny marvels of technique and language."įorest Dark, by Nicole Krauss (HarperCollins) – A suspenseful novel that explores the lives of an American writer and a missing lawyer. "She forces her reader to pay close attention and frequently to fill in the blanks in stories that often circle around their central subject," reviewer Steven W. The Redemption of Galen Pike, by Carys Davies (Biblioasis) – The Welsh writer's latest short-story collection tends toward elliptical titles: Jubilee, Myth, Bonnet, Precious, Creed. It's set in South Africa during apartheid and shines a light on the often vicious unrest of the 1976 Soweto uprisings while offering a balm in the form of a tender relationship formed out of necessity and heartache between a British child and her Xhosa caregiver. Putnam's Sons) – Written with grace and compassion by a debut Canadian novelist, this book was comforting and enlightening at the same time. Hum If You Don't Know the Words, by Bianca Marais (G.P. It's also about the dangers of toxic masculinity, the power imbalance between the sexes and why doing something about these things matters. But it's about more than marriage, more than this family alone. Beautiful, searing and relevant – shatteringly so, more so every day – this novel explores the unravelling of a marriage when tragedy strikes. We All Love the Beautiful Girls, by Joanne Proulx (Viking) – This is the book I'm recommending to everyone this year – especially friends in book clubs. Marissa Stapley's Favourite Commercial Fiction of 2017 … At its core is the timeless message of absolute and unconditional love." Reviewer Michael Coren says "it must have been a supremely difficult book to write, because she is a participant rather than a spectator, and as the mother of a girl is involved at the most intimate level with every aspect of Frankie finding resolution as a man. The Unfinished Dollhouse: A Memoir of Gender and Identity, by Michelle Alfano (Cormorant Books) – The author shares the bitingly personal, viscerally honest story of dealing with her child's transition. That of a grinder who sacrificed everything for the game." Here, reviewer Brett Popplewell writes, is Dryden, one of hockey's most celebrated goalies, "reclaiming his place among this country's deepest sports writers." To Dryden, he adds, "Montador's story is the story of modern hockey. Game Change: The Life and Death of Steve Montador, and the Future of Hockey, by Ken Dryden (Signal) – A deep piece of investigative journalism that chronicles the emotional rise and quick demise of one of hockey's many tragic figures.
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