some of my favourite books:
i will name some of the ones that have made an impact
on my life, opened my eyes, heart, soul, moved me to
the core, and above all else, made me think:
Obasan by Joy Kogawa
The Colour Purple by Alice Walker
Zami A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde
Bobbi Lee Indian Rebel by Lee Maracle
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
One Good Story That One by Thomas King
scented gardens for the blind by Janet Frame
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale also by Margaret Atwood
A Bird in the House by Margaret Laurence
many plays by Shakespeare
La Guerre, Yes Sir by Roch Carrier
Pelagie
>From Bruised Fell by Jane Finlay-Young
Running in the Family and the English Patient, both by
Michael Ondaatje
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Wolfe
The Stone Diaries / Larry's Party/ Swan by Carol
Shields
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen
A Widow For One Year by John Irving
The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
Felicia's Journey by Trevor Howard
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
from Concert of Voices An anthology of World Writing
in English:
The Man by Austin Clarke
Anancy and Ticks by Louise Bennett (Miss Lou was at my
grad 2 yrs ago!!)
Swimming Lessons by Rohinton Mistry
currently working my way through:
The Gifts of the Jews by Thomas Cahill
Written in Memory : Portraits of the Holocaust
The Cider House Rules by John Irving
YorkStories Women in Higher Education
edited by the York Stories Collective
The Story of Sir Real and Natasha
Mags who really loves to read as well as write and
wishes she had more time to...
np: sleeping in hollow trees, zoebliss
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