![]() ![]() ![]() There are flash forwards early on, via news reports, to the deaths of those she knew, so as the past unfolds you wait for it to take the shape of the circumstances alluded to in these reports. This is far from a pedestrian telling of her story. It takes in most of the twentieth century, and takes place in Toronto and Port Ticonderoga principally. Iris Chase-Griffen is an eighty three year old woman writing her life story down for ‘the only one…who needs it now’, prompted by her reflections on the suicide of her younger sister, Laura, decades earlier. For what it’s worth, Atonement, The Wake and Lord of the Rings sit alongside them in this personal pantheon of books that have left me deeply moved and awestruck. ![]() It’s a delight to be able to say it so soon, comparatively speaking, after Against The Day and Wolf Hall, each of which I’ve had the pleasure of reading in the last couple of years. The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood, is one of the best books I’ve read. It’s loss and regret and misery and yearning that drive the story forward, along its twisted road.” “In Paradise there are no stories, because there are no journeys. ![]()
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