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This book hit me in the gut. Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related by Jenny Heijun Wills is a poetic, edgy, sad, and ultimately hopeful memoir about gender, ethnicity, and skin colour. Wills was adopted from Korea as a baby by white parents,…
The subtitle for Kamal Al-Solaylee’s 2016 book is “What Being Brown in the World Means Today (to Everyone).” I picked it up because I couldn’t recall hearing much if anything about people with brown skin over the years. The book description on…
Have you ever read a story or watched a movie only to be disappointed in the ending because the protagonist won too easily? Don’t get me wrong: sometimes I enjoy a little cheese in my entertainment, especially at Christmastime, but I can…
Clothing in Semlac is perhaps the hardest detail to keep track of in Between Worlds. I have photos, but they don’t match the exact years that Between Worlds takes place in. Fashion in between the wars did begin to modernize, but to what extent I…
What excited you about Between Worlds 1: The Move? What didn’t you like? What do you want to know about it? I’m holding two book discussions today about the first book in the Between Worlds series. Readers of any age are welcome, and we’ll be…
What excited you about Between Worlds 1: The Move? What didn’t you like? What do you want to know about it? I’m holding two book discussions today about the first book in the Between Worlds series. Readers of any age are welcome, and we’ll be…
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You’re pretty sure you want to write a book, but you have a lot of questions about the process of getting the words on the page. Where and how do I start? Where do I find good advice? How do I organize…
Release of Between Worlds 6: Missing Home Although it’s unfortunate that I had to cancel my book release at Indigo (the chain has since announced that it’s closing all retail locations for now), I’m still going to release Between Worlds 6: Missing…
Release of Between Worlds 6: Missing Home Although it’s unfortunate that I had to cancel my book release at Indigo (the chain has since announced that it’s closing all retail locations for now), I’m still going to release Between Worlds 6: Missing…