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The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa

This book is a collection of three novellas published over 20 years ago – The Diving Pool, Pregnancy Diary and Dormitory. They are all taken from the viewpoint of the silent female observer – a visceral undercurrent pervades. Aya has an inappropriate obsession with her foster brother Jun. Her strange relationship began when Jun wasContinue reading “The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa”

The IT Girl by Ann Moffatt.

The author of this novel lives on the Fraser Coast. Her story is one of triumph over injury, domestic violence, and bias within the male-dominated IT industry. In this industry her treatment varied. She received compassion and protection in reaction to domestic violence from the AMP Society. She worked there between 1975 and 1986 “theyContinue reading “The IT Girl by Ann Moffatt.”

Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

The main protagonist is Natsuko. In part one, her sister Makiko and daughter Midoriko arrive in Tokyo. Midoriko hates her body, which seeps into hating her aging mother, who is considering breast implants. The condition of being female seems excruciating. In part two, we meet Natsuko eight years later. She wants a child, cannot tolerateContinue reading “Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami”

Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver.

Dellarobia Turnbow, is bored with her life as a farm wife. She sets out for a rendezvous with a younger man and is entranced by a hillside covered in orange monarch butterflies or King Billies. Although some consider this strange phenomenon a divine intervention, entomologist Ovid Byron determines it is due to climate change. KingsolverContinue reading “Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver.”