This novel by a Canadian, for which he won the 2001 Giller Prize, takes place in the mid to late 1930s, and follows the lives of two very different sisters who have grown up in small-town Ontario. His amazing ability to get inside their minds is compelling and convincing. Their lives are depicted through Clara's diary entries, and through their correspondence when Nora moves away, and what unfolds makes an interesting and insightful story.
(Polly Sams Plant - bwl 14 July 2002 ) |
