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ms_mmelissa in 50books_poc

Through Black Spruce - Joseph Boyden

Sep 19, 2011 10:05

Through Black Spruce was the 2008 winner of the Giller award (Canada's top literary prize for those not in the know). I've only read a handful of the winners and nominees over the years, but Through Black Spruce easily tops my list as my favourite of those I've read ( Read more... )

toronto, canada, lit fic, fiction, indigenous, aboriginal, au.nationality:canada, first nations, first-nations, novel, canadian, orig.lang:english

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puppytown September 19 2011, 20:31:58 UTC

Oh, cool! I enjoyed Three Day Road and your review is intriguing; I'll definitely pick this one up.

ms_mmelissa September 22 2011, 00:44:16 UTC

I'm sure you'll enjoy it, it's a really good read. I'm going to be picking up Three Day Road myself after this since I only found out that Through Black Spruce was the sequel after I had finished it. It seemed like it wasn't super important they were read sequentially though.