Four (!) Solid Dudes read The Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro
Because it’s Mother’s Day this weekend, our moms are joining us to help us tackle Alice Munro’s The Lives of Girls and Women.
Two Solid Dudes read Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen
Beautiful Losers follows on the struggles of anglo and francophone Quebec identities that we met in Two Solitudes.
Two Solid Dudes read The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
There are so many small details to The Handmaid’s Tale that make it feel so new. At times intentionally jarring but in a way that makes you pay attention.
Two Solid Dudes read Obasan by Joy Kogawa
Obasan is a book that I absolutely flew through. I feel like it naturally confronted something in Canadian history/culture that should have more attention.
Two Solid Dudes Read All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
All My Puny Sorrows is sad and witty, full of interesting characters. Just a story about some regular adults who grew up in a modern Mennonite community.
Two Solid Dudes Read “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel
Life of Pi (2001, 460 pages) Wow. This one is a biggie. Man Booker winner, Oscar-winning film adaptation. I feel like Oprah probably loved
Two Solid Dudes read Two Solitudes by Hugh MacLennan
Two Solitudes is the daddy of Canadian Lit. A family saga where the family is Canada. Separatists, blackmailing priests, and a sea captain with one leg.
Two Solid Dudes Read Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill
Lullabies for Little Criminals deals with poverty, drugs, sex, and prostitution in Montreal. And somehow, it’s really, really boring.
Two Solid Dudes Read Bear by Marian Engel
I first heard about Bear in university and was probably rolling my eyes about it. I was like, ugh not another book where a lady has sex with a bear!