Books: Read them!

If you've heard about the rape chant at Saint Mary's, or the co-ed at Columbia University who dragged her mattress on stage when she graduated (at the same convocation as her rapist) -- since Columbia refused to take action against him, or football teams and rape, you need to read this book. Brilliant. It's especially important for university administrators to read it.

About a mother and a grown son, read it.

He worked in a bookstore and was a serious leftist in the 70s. She was a factory worker in a bad marriage...

This is a huge multi-generational novel about the Irish in Montreal and Quebecois. Nicely written, a page turner and from former Calgarian, Nancy Huston, who now lives in France! 

Catherine Bush - this is a bit of a political thriller set in Ethiopia, by a good Can. novelist!