by Roger Ali (March 30, 2021) Neglected No More: The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada's Elders in the Wake of a Pandemic, André Picard, PenguinRandomHouse Canada, March 2, 2021, 208 pp., $19.95 Neglected No More by André Picard is a compelling read about the urgent need to improve the lives of Canada’s elders in the wake of the pandemic. He makes … [Read more...] about Latest from André Picard: Neglected No More is a plea to stop dehumanizing elders
Literary Circle
How to lose everything: Unimaginable and uplifting
By Wanda Deschamps (February 18, 2021) How to lose everything: A memoir, Christa Couture, Douglas & McIntyre, September 1, 2020, 228 pp., $24.72 Full disclosure: I wasn’t going to read How to Lose Everything by Christa Couture. I heard a bit about the content: childhood cancer, the death of an infant followed by the loss of her one-year old baby, then … [Read more...] about How to lose everything: Unimaginable and uplifting
The Art of Logic: Arriving Just in Time
By Wanda Deschamps, January 29, 2021 The Art of Logic in an Illogical World, Eugenia Cheng, Basic Books, August 11, 2020, 320 pp., $20.39 In a world where there is no shortage of pointless debates, Eugenia Cheng asks us to focus on how we know what we know. The Art of Logic in an Illogical World, her fourth book, engages the reader in lessons about reason versus … [Read more...] about The Art of Logic: Arriving Just in Time
Undercurrents: Channeling our outrage
By Lucy White, December 18, 2020 Undercurrents: Channeling Outrage to Spark Practical Activism, Steve Davis, Wiley, October 6, 2020, 208 pp., $32.03 If you’re reading this review, at some point you have likely wanted to change the world or at least leave it a better place than you found it. So let’s cut to the chase: buy this book. Steve Davis has a bold and … [Read more...] about Undercurrents: Channeling our outrage
What Bears Teach Us: The push and pull of co-existence
By Gail Picco, December 8, 2020 What Bears Teach Us, Sarah Elmeligi, Photographs: John E. Marriott, Rocky Mountain Books, October 29, 2020, 224 pp., $45.00 Living in Toronto on the 15th floor in a corner suite with a reasonably unobstructed view—insofar as city views go—has its advantages. You can see a storm coming from miles away, feel the windy gales that shake … [Read more...] about What Bears Teach Us: The push and pull of co-existence