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My Grandma Follows Me on Twitter: And Other First World Problems We’re Lucky to Have

by Site Owner | May 27, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Humor

    Suffering from First World Problems? Find Out What to Do About It By Craig Kielburger & Marc Kielburger Greystone Books, $9.95, 150 pages The hilarious yet educational Canadian publication My Grandma Follows Me on Twitter lists common “first world...

Ballerina: Sex, Scandal and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection

by michaeld | Nov 23, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Dance

    The Real World of the Ballerina By Deirdre Kelly Greystone Books 27.95 244 pages While fans of the ballet can now experience more of the life of a dancer through reality TV shows such as Breaking Pointe, never could one imagine the brutal beginnings and...
Small Beneath the Sky: A Prairie Memoir

Small Beneath the Sky: A Prairie Memoir

by Site Owner | May 12, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Business & Investing

By Lorna Crozier Greystone Books, $23.95, 197 pages In her memoir, Small Beneath the Sky, Canadian writer Lorna Crozier paints a poetic portrait of her childhood in the small Saskatchewan town of Swift Current. Her memoir is a story of place, where lilac bushes...

Cigar Box Banjo: Notes on Music and Life

by Site Owner | Nov 3, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Music

by Paul Quarrington Greystone Books, $19.95, 241 pages In 2009, when Canadian Paul Quarrington (1953-2010) learned he had terminal lung cancer, he didn’t crawl into a hole and wait to die. Instead, he channeled his creativity into writing Cigar Box Banjo:  Notes on...

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