Stories She Wrote

My wee review: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang is a wickedly smart and dark novel about racism, cultural appropriation, cancel culture, and the...

My wee review: Becoming a Matriarch by Helen Knott is a short but powerful memoir about a woman dealing with the loss of her mother and...

My wee review: Evil Eye by Etaf Rum tells the story of a Palestinian-American young mother coming to terms with her childhood trauma and...

My wee review: The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff tells the story of a teenage girl surviving in the wild after fleeing a plague- and...

My wee review: Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy is a total gut punch, no-holds-barred portrayal of early motherhood--the fierce love, the...

My wee review: The Circle by Katherena Vermette is a return to well-loved characters that didn't quite hit the mark, but it is still...

My wee review: Daughter by Claudia Dey is a dark, raw, and powerful book about dysfunctional (nay, toxic) family relationships that is...

My wee review: Sigh....The Fraud by Zadie Smith is good in theory, with many intriguing themes to explore, but in execution, it felt like...

My wee review: VenCo by Cherie Dimaline is a totally fun, witchy, magical romp that is a nice palate cleanser between more literary,...

...is the oft-repeated refrain in a delightfully innovative and insightful book, "Brown Girls" by Daphne Palasi Andreades, which I picked...