Patty Kirk’s first book is my latest discovery in another of my favourite genres: memoirs by women about their spiritual journeys. My best-loved authors in this genre are Anne Lamott (of course), Nora Gallagher, and Lauren Winner. Patty Kirk’s voice didn’t leap off the page and grab me as quickly and securely as any [...]
Shane Claiborne’s The Irresistible Revolution, an impulse buy I picked up at Chapters without knowing anything about it, is the first book in my Lenten reading series (every year I give up fiction for Lent and read a random assortment of spiritual, devotional or theological non-fiction — basically whatever I stumble upon that looks interesting).
Shane [...]
I like Sena Jeter Naslund. Every novel I’ve read of hers has been slow to get into, never a fast or page-turning read, but always, ultimately, beautiful and rewarding. Abundance fits the bill on most of these counts: like Ahab’s Wife and Four Spirits it was by no means a quick read for me, [...]
The Sisterhood of the Queen Mamas is the latest of my forays into “Christian women’s fiction,” In the case of this novel, the cover art, breezy tone, and Steeple Hill Cafe imprint all suggest it’s best categorized as “Christian chicklit” — light, humourous, but with a spiritual undertone.
Seldom have I wanted to like a [...]
