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Canada Reads – Day 3

Posted on March 27, 2019 by AYearOfBooksBlog

Canada Reads is down to the final two.  Both books are non-fiction and both tell harrowing tales, one of the horror of the Holocaust and the other the plight of a young refugee whose family had fled Iraq to the … Continue reading →

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29. Brother (David Chariandy)

Posted on April 4, 2018 by AYearOfBooksBlog

Brother helps to open reader’s eyes to the grit, tenacity and struggle of growing up in the housing projects of Scarborough.  It describes the challenges of a single mother, raising two boys between the cultures of Trinidad and Scarborough.  The … Continue reading →

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