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And book four of the Manawakan cycle is completed.

Much like my fellow #Manawakans, I feel this to be the slightest of the series thus far and I too think it must be due to the episodic nature of a group of interconnected short stories. That being said, I still found myself fully immersed in young Vanessa MacLeod‘s world and enjoyed keeping an eye out for any links to our previous reads in the series.

This is my least favorite of Laurence's Manawaka series, but still worth reading! My issue, I think, is I still didn't feel like I KNEW Vanessa by the end. And since Vanessa is an adolescent for most of the book, I think that was intentional. She probably didn't really know herself. Instead we get to know other people through Vanessa's eyes. The stories are well done, just less engaging somehow. Also, poor Nanuk! ☹️🐶
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Oh no, y‘all! It‘s the Tabernacle from A Jest of God! 😮

This book is a series of interconnected stories told from the POV of an adult looking back at her childhood. The way these quiet stories unfurled reminded me a bit of Alice Munro's Lives of Girls and Women or Joan Chase's During the Reign of the Queen of Persia. I missed the wit, anger, idiosyncrasy & uncompromising vision that characterised the protagonists in A Jest of God and the Fire Dwellers, but these stories exerted a subtle, tender power.

Okay, #Manawakans … I‘m diving in.

#BookReport 41/21

Life keeps getting in the way of my reading. Just these two in the past week. The Moss is great, the Laurence a bit less.

#Manawakans

Margaret Laurence has an extraordinary way of creating characters, dialogues and expressions. This book consists of interweaving short stories about a girl coming of age in Manawaka. It was good again but I prefer her books about women taking charge of their lives.

I love fall! Look at those colours! 😍
From my morning walk. I also started tagged book today. #manawakans

Is this our next read #manawakans? And if so, do we have a scheduled start date? I haven't read it before so am excited to see how it relates to the others!
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This is our #bookclubbook for March! It is collection of short stories, each from Vanessa's point of view.
Vanessa is a young girl growing up during the Depression in a small town. The stories are not chronological. You get to see how the family dynamic changes through the years.
I did enjoy the style of writing. Seeing the world through the eyes of a child offers a unique perspective. (*Sunglasses added for my enjoyment😎)
3/5 stars

Written much as a collection of memories from the Great Depression era. A look at the many conflicts of culture and obstacles families faced.

Working on this month's bookclub selection

beautiful book

A collection of short stories revolving around a young girl (Vanessa) and her family during the depression in small town Manitoba. I loved the family dynamics displayed in each story. Filled with characters that evoke strong reactions/connections, there wasn't a character I didn't care about. 4/5

"I got this theory, see, that anybody can do anything at all, anything, if they really set their minds to it... you have to focus on it with your whole mental powers ... You take most people, now. They can't concentrate worth a darn."