Noopiming is Anishinaabemowin for “in the bush,” and the title is a response to Susanna Moodie’s 1852 memoir Roughing It in the Bush. The layered storytelling introduces readers to an incredible cast of characters, giving us the perspective of Elders, Indigenous youth, raccoons, geese and trees, braiding together past, present and future.
This brilliant novel is a carefully curated mix of prose and poetry structured into 10 parts. Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (House of Anansi Press) Here The Dark David Bergen (Biblioasis)Īnother Giller short-lister, this collection of stories deals with themes of grace and redemption, and takes readers from the streets of Danang, Vietnam, to the islands of Honduras, to the Canadian Prairies. The book toggles back and forth between their daughters in 1980 and the twins’ adolescence in Louisiana. Eventually they move to New Orleans, where one marries a Black man and the other a white man. In this provocative and illuminating novel, Bennett tackles the idea of “passing.” Twins Stella and Desiree are born in a community established for Black residents with light skin. The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett (Penguin Publishing Group) A finalist for the National Book Award, it looks at parenthood, race and class, and what happens to families during a crisis. The author of Rich and Pretty and That Kind of Mother is back with a look at what happens when a pair of white renters, Clay and Amanda, are startled by the unexpected arrival of the Black property owners, who claim they’re escaping a mysterious blackout in New York. Read our interview with author Ayad Akhtar Leave The World Behind Rumaan Alam (HarperCollins)
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