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WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER ISSUE OF THE OTTAWA REVIEW OF BOOKS

In this issue, the ORB team reviews ten recent works of fiction by Claire Holden Rothman, Marianne Ackerman, Anna Leventhal, Michael...

My October by Claire Holden Rothman

Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann The October 1970 kidnapping of James Cross and Pierre Laporte by the Front de libération du Québec—and...

Holy Fools + 2 Stories by Marianne Ackerman

Reviewed by John Delacourt There is an episode in the title story of Montreal novelist and playwright Marianne Ackerman’s new book “Holy...

Sweet Affliction by Anna Leventhal

Reviewed by Menaka Raman-Wilms Anna Leventhal’s debut book, Sweet Affliction, is an insightful piece of fiction filled with dark grace....

Berlin by Michael Mirolla

Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw In Michael Mirolla’s Berlin, fantasy is but an abrasion away from reality. When Michael Mirolla spoke to me...

Cycling to Asylum by Su J. Sokol

Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann Life in New York City not too many years from now is anything but peaceful. The police brutally repress...

Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis

Reviewed by Stephanie Dror "First and most important, we are human beings with a right to choose for ourselves how we want to live. All...

The Girls of Piazza d'Amore

Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw There is no tale of love more beautiful than that told through the eyes of a child. Connie Guzzo-McParland...

None So Blind by Barbara Fradkin

Reviewed by Jim Napier Ottawa’s own Barbara Fradkin recently launched None So Blind, her 10th in the series which has earned her an...

Beyond Worlds by Kurtis J. Wiebe

Reviewed by Alex Binkley A curious tale with an extra dimension Barr Owens is an investigator-problem solver you won’t find in the yellow...

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Wendy Hawkin

Timothy Niedermann

Robert Runté

Ian Thomas Shaw

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