I recently learned (the announcement for next season came in scratch card style) that this novel will be made into a play at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton. I‘m pumped for it!
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I recently learned (the announcement for next season came in scratch card style) that this novel will be made into a play at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton. I‘m pumped for it!
pickThe scene on the front of this satirical novel is of a typical Edmonton bungalow, with typical landscaping: poorly situated trees, which are then trimmed into horrible cones or lollipops. I‘m so glad I don‘t have to look at a tree like that on my block. I‘m also glad that I read this funny book, which was initially published in newspaper instalments. I cared more & more about the exasperating characters as the story progressed. #CanadianAuthor
An alliance of book clubs: Best chapter title ever! An alliance of book clubs cannot fail.
“Snow was romantic in a different way than rain.”
Littens: Please discuss. (I totally agree. I would pick snow over cold rain anytime. Rain is barely romantic at all.)
She was about to give up on thinking in silence, since it only inspired thinking in silence about thinking in silence, when there was a knock on her door. She hopped up out of her favourite chair, tripped on the ottoman and fell into a wood-panelled wall. The light switch was easy to find, as she had rammed her cheek into it.
“Together they walked up the concrete path, among the variegated snakeplant and pineapple flower. The lighting inside the pyramid was soft.”
(It‘s truly a delight to read a novel set in my home city, encountering favourite locations like Edmonton‘s Muttart Conservatory.)
#LPMBC Group U
