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Speak!
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Shadowy Technicians
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Last Child to Come Inside
These are poignant, at times strangely quirky entries into a world filled with sharpness, the sense of imminent danger, and a sensual urge that seems to sweep all danger before it. the border between exterior and interior life is diffuse. One can find oneself in unexpected places. Two little girls in yellow dresses who are never seen again, Jesus and Elvis vacationing in Bermuda, a town after the fair has gone, women showering after a swim, Picasso becoming a red velvet dress: these are just a few of the images conjured in Michelle's first collection. There is also the expressed silence of what is not known, nor brought to light, a darkness that this poet loves and that has often been the reason why she is the last child to come inside.
Quill & Quire
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Houdini's Shadow
The reader first meets young Jake O'Sullivan, the protagonist, in 1912 Montreal, where his father is a washed-up boxer in hock to a small-time Jewish mobster. Jake has had a lifelong obsession with the escape artist, Houdini, after seeing the famous magician perform one of his stunts. Flash forward to 1929 when Jake is now a young man performing dangerous stunts himself, one of which includes stealing a mobster's moll. Lulu is gorgeous but fickle and causes Jake no end of problems, requiring other sorts of tricky escapes. The dark underside of Montreal during this period is deftly rendered, with its steamy jazz clubs, zinc bars and "a Negress blowing through an alto saxophone." Eventually, Jake takes on a smuggling job with a nervous little Frenchman that goes horribly wrong, and Jake and Lulu are soon running from the law as well as the lawless. When things settle down, Jake manages to pull off a nifty combination escape stunt and bank job. Here the story goes slightly off the rails, with the appearance of girl named Bobby and a journey to New Orleans, but, altogether this is a well-crafted novel, especially in its period details.
The Road to Atlantis
Following the coast on their summer vacation, the Henrys stop at the beach to break up the monotony of their road trip. Matty and Nat build castles in the sand as Anne and David take turns minding the children. A moment of distraction, a blink of the eye, and the life they know is swept away forever. Like shipwrecks lost at sea, each member of the family sinks under the weight of their shared tragedy. All seems lost but life is long. There are many ways to heal a wound, there are many ways to form a family, and as the Henrys discover, there are many roads to Atlantis.
Leaving Wyoming
This is a beautifully written novel which also contains rich information for anyone interested in the "wild west" era. It is the story of a young man who grew up in Idaho, but is given the name "Wyoming" by Butch Cassidy...Wyoming is part of the last years of the Butch/Sundance "Wild Bunch". This story takes place after the Wild Bunch splits up on the their final run for freedom after a train robbery sets the Pinkertons on their trail, big-time. Butch and Sundance head for South America and into legend...they are not really in the story per se, but there is great historical info about them. The title character Wyoming runs with two other gang members...there are conflicts, and he ends up in Alberta, sheltered by a very interesting Norweigan immigrant woman called Veccha, who shares a "Seer's" talent with Two Bears, an Native American elder.
You Will Wear a White Shirt
Growing up in a remote Northern community, Nick Sibbeston had little reason to believe he would one day fulfill his mother’s ambition of holding a career where he would “wear a white shirt.” Torn away from his family and placed in residential school at the age of five, Sibbeston endured loneliness, callous treatment and sexual assault by an older boy, but discovered a love of learning that would compel him to complete a law degree and pursue a career in politics. As a young, firebrand politician, Sibbeston played an instrumental role during a critical moment in Northwest Territories politics, advocating tirelessly to support the economic and political development of First Nations peopl...
