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"A very strong, original debut"

Submitted by clelia on July 9, 2009 - 12:52pm
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"A very strong, original debut"

Why does Lauren Kirshner, Open Book's July Writer in Residence, feel like 1980s Madonna? Because the Globe and Mail calls her novel, Where We Have to Go (McClelland & Stewart, 2009), "A very strong, original debut." Reviewer Zoe Whittall writes, "Where We Have to Go is a sombre but playful saga of a nerdy girl's fight for herself and her family, and highlights Kirshner as a new novelist to watch."

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This book is a great example how you can continue to live a complicated personal life while undergoing major surgery and a long recuperation, all while maintain your sense of humor and libido. The subtext: A guy saves your life by giving you a piece of his liver. You repay the generous fellow by agreeing to be his wife’s lover. Your donor’s wife then competes with your wife for yet another guy. Result: A funny and spectacular mess, regardless of attempts by all parties to keep things purely physical.

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