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Destination Canada: the Dream and the Nightmare
Darcy Tamayose (Author)
Odori. Cormorant Books
Rawi Hage (Author)
Cockroach. House of Anansi Press
Reviewed by Carrie Dawson
In Cockroach Montreal is seen to be "infested with newcomers." This description of the city is as ironic as it is angry, because it is uttered by an immigrant who identifies with the "vermin" that are widely seen as signs of squalor and also of perseverance. Hage makes much of his unnamed protagonist's ability to survive on very little in a hostile climate. Indeed, the protagonist survives against his wishes: the story opens with his botched suicide and proceeds to describe the circu [...]
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Teen Wives and Mothers
Sarah N. Harvey (Author)
The Lit Report. Orca Book Publishers
Shelley Hrdlitschka (Author)
Sister Wife. Orca Book Publishers
Reviewed by Elizabeth A. Galway
Orca has recently published two novels that, among other issues, deal with teenage sexuality, marriage, and pregnancy. Sarah N. Harvey's The Lit Report is narrated by seventeen-year-old Julia Riley, who learns that her best friend, Ruth, is pregnant. Coping with this situation has a profound effect on the girls' understanding of romance, religion, self-esteem, and parental relationships. Ruth's parents are rigid in their religious beliefs and appear hypocritical and intoleran [...]
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