Kali J Desautels

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Originally intended to simply focus on book reviews, over time, KaliDesautelsReads has morphed into its own entity. I write about issues that are near to my heart, be they political, feminist, motherhood, mental health, or, as the title holds, books. A thirty-something Canadian woman in my mid-thirties, I have been “super married” to my high school sweetheart since 2006, and together we have two crazy, clever, kind, hilarious, wonderful kids. My first book – How Not To Blog: Finding Myself, One Post at a Time is available on Amazon (in eBook formats for you clever tech readers, and paperback for those of us who love that new book smell!) I have tried a podcast – it’s still on Apple and Google Podcasts – but writing is where my heart is. My life changed dramatically when my husband was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer in 2018, and I am now a writer for a leading Canadian Cancer Non-Profit. I am lucky enough to have a family that loves me and pushes me to be my best, even if it is outside of my cushiony comfort zone. I have a village of friends that nourish me, mentally, and spiritually. Welcome to my thoughts. Sit down. Stay a while. Enjoy a cup of coffee!

A Tangled Web – LM Montgomery (1931)

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A Tangled Web is a PEI family saga by Canadian literary paragon Lucy Maud Montgomery. The novel follows two families that have intermarried for three generations, and have feuded for nearly that long – The Darks and the Penhallows. The story centres on a family gathering that the dying matriarch Aunt Becky calls, to read her own obituary and make nasty comments and backhanded compliments to each of her relations, and to announce whom should inherit the old, unattractive brown jug – the family’s most prized heirloom. Each chapter centres on a different Dark or Penhallow, with others making appearances and well known names of Avonlea are peppered throughout. As an avid fan of Montgomery, I place this book just below the Anne of Green Gables series as my favourite of her works. Humorous, lovely, colourful and sad, featuring churches and widows and young love, A Tangled Web is exactly what one expects from Montgomery. I recommend it, and also feel that readers who have finished Anne, but aren’t ready to leave The Island, should try this one. 306 pages

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