This book follows the Morrow Family, but in particular Michael Morrow, the second son and the one who doesn't quite fit in. Michael was adopted into the family and has since been well-conditioned in the Morrow ways.

Now, that’s not to say this wasn’t a stabby selection. On the contrary, it was indeed. It even featured a little something extra . . . Brother won the 2017 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the 2018 Toronto Book Award and the 2018 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. It was also longlisted for the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Then add the new baby: include a baby brother, baby sister – or baby sibling if it’s a surprise! – in the story. Choose from three adorable baby characters, each with a different natural skin tone. I dunno. I guess I like that Dorothy gets to escape to a place where it's colorful and magical instead of livin' in Kansas all her life." He paused, then added, "Those flying monkeys were pretty good too."

Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan is a soulful meditation on family trauma

Our new sibling book is cleverly designed so you can personalise it for two children, whether your new baby has arrived yet or not. It's weird to me how a character, by no means a perfect person, can become so loved, instilling such heavy feelings of empathy in a reader. So I was expecting (and received) blood and gore. What I did not plan for was for such a deep story. The getting there was all the fun (???? – if you’re nuts like Mitchell). As for my reaction? I don’t do so well with feelings. They tend to make me all . . . . Near the end of the novel, Mother takes her teenage boys for a walk. They watch tiny moths circle a plant near the creek. Michael describes them as torn pieces of an old book, “a scattered and wasted alphabet. Without any meaning at all.” But Mother retains her hope, useless as it may be. “Look closer,” she says. “Cup your hand and feel the proof of them against you. They’re not trash. They’re living things. And they’re flying.” It is so well written, although horrifying, it feels 100% plausible. I mean, why couldn't this happen?

I gave no shits! I begged! I pleaded! Then thank Tom Cruise a friend got tired of me whiningtook pity on my poor soul and gifted me a copy. I loved to watch the evolution of the relationships and the way Michael's outlook begins to change when he befriends someone from outside the home. See what just happened there???? That’s what I felt like while reading this book. I got myself all geared up for a good slasher story and then WHAM! Totally blindsided. John Niven‘s brand is that of hyper-masculinity. A prolific novelist, best known for his music industry slasher Kill Your Friends, Niven’s books employ the darkest of humour as they wrestle with, and revel in, machismo: Straight White Male, Kill ‘Em All, No Good Deed; their titles speak for themselves. Now, he has written a memoir about his brother, Gary, who took his own life at the age of 42. It is tender, raw and beautiful.First, add the older sibling: add a child’s name to the story, and see it magically appear on the cover, throughout the story and in the illustrations. We’ve designed six little characters to choose from, for both boy and girl. Select their gender, then choose from a selection of natural hair and skin tone options. Young brother Michael goes along with the family. Because he really has to provide for the family because times is rough. Duration 0:48 Featured VideoCanada Reads trailer for Brother by David Chariandy. Why David Chariandy wrote Brother

And it is with this foundational belief in her safety that her universe diverges from that of her sons. Here is their most fundamental culture clash: she is a woman with a country where she is wanted, far away though it may be, and while her striving may lead nowhere, it probably won’t get her murdered by police.The Next Chapter 11:38 Aparita Bhandari on 3 books set in Scarborough Featured VideoColumnist Aparita Bhandari on Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez, Brother by David Chariandy and That Time I Loved You by Carianne Leung. More about Brother from CBC Radio There was, at that time, a lot of anxiety about visible minorities moving into the area and changing the landscape. I grew up hearing these stories — about people I love and respect, who were profoundly creative and hardworking and simply had dreams of living a good life. These stories are often overlooked and ignored. I wanted to capture this narrative, one of resilience, creativity, tenderness and love." This book, set deep in the heart of Appalachia, is extremely disturbing. In fact, if you aren't disturbed by this, I'm not sure we can be friends.