North of Normal – Cea Sunrise Person January 5, 2015biography/memoir, canadianB.C., Non Fiction, women, young womenGaliano Go To Girls Bright & brave, her story never loses steam, charm or shine – even through the darkness.
The Enchanted – Rene Denfeld January 28, 2014Uncategorizedabuse, death row, HarperCollins, prison, womenGaliano Go To Girls The lady walks the Row, tries to coax them back to Life, but the Guilty plea for death – hide now, as the horses charge.
The Blondes – Emily Schultz November 6, 2012fictioneducation, madness, murder, new york city, pregnancy, violence, womenGaliano Go To Girls Blondes have more fun-they even become rabid, insane, deadly in high heels-she takes her regret & travels, seeing red.
Dare Me – Megan Abbott October 29, 2012fictioncheerleading, death, friendship, girls, murder, secrets, sex, womenGaliano Go To Girls Not your average pom-poms, these ones fly-lips glossed & set in wicked smirks; some so dark-watch out for the top girl.
The Sweet Girl – Annabel Lyon October 23, 2012canadian lit, shortlisted2013 Galiano Literary Festival, BC Writers, girls, history, Italy, love, philosophy, Rome, womenGaliano Go To Girls Idyllic world lost, she graces even the darkest waters with the curve of her lips, hips-this Sweet Girl is rock candy.
Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn October 4, 2012fictionalcohol, deceit, lies, marriage, men, mystery, rage, women, writersGaliano Go To Girls Part of you just *knew*-not the why or how but the what & there’s much more hiding & waiting: tense, wicked, brilliant.
NW – Zadie Smith September 25, 2012fictiondrugs, friendship, gangs, UK, womenGaliano Go To Girls Starts like a tsunami of story, never slows-hot characters in a portrait of place-I now have mental real estate in NW.
Most of Me – Robyn Michele Levy September 20, 2012biography/memoir, canadian, prizewinners, shortlisted2013 Galiano Literary Festival, art, cancer, life, love, Parkinson's, vancouver, womenGaliano Go To Girls She does not give in, give up-rides high on humour & chutzpah, she shouts her story in perfect time, the wicked truth.
The Lifeboat – Charlotte Rogan September 18, 2012fictionboats, history, ocean, the sea, tragedy, womenGaliano Go To Girls 1 rescue was not enough-waves are tall & cold-feel the salt settle in & mercy is so far away-the only way out is down.
Me, Who Dove Into the Heart of the World – Sabina Berman September 16, 2012fictionanimals, autism, fish, in translation, mazatlan, travel, womenGaliano Go To Girls A liquid lilt to her prose, I am swimming, watching faces for clues-grains of sand in deep, her spirit a salted wound.