![]() Through these encounters and others, Astra remains elusive and tantalizing to readers as a fascinating, sometimes unlikable but always sympathetic character. In a satisfying and unique storytelling method, Astra’s story is told by 10 of the people who come in and out of her life as she moves from girlhood to maturity. She weaves the ancient text with her own life in a text that is challenging and entertaining as it solves some mysteries and introduces others.Ĭedar Bowers’ debut novel may remind readers of Winnipeg author Carol Shields’ 1993 Governor General prize-winning novel The Stone Diaries, in which the main character tells her own story in the third person, showing the impossibility of viewing yourself objectively. Her seamless combination of poetry and prose enlightens and enchants. Irish poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa uses detailed research and creative speculation to bring the 18th-century Irish lament The Keen for Art O’Leary to life in her first prose book, A Ghost in the Throat. In it, she follows a number of trans women in their 30s, through their breakouts and breakdowns, as they attempt to settle into the lives they dream. Casey Plett’s collection of linked short stories is structurally innovative and deeply humane. ![]()
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