Claire Cameron’s The Bear is a thriller told from the perspective of a five year old girl named Anna White, whose parents are killed in a bear attack at Algonquin Park in Ontario, and she must take care of her two year old brother Stick in an effort to survive. I loved reading something so challenging from the perspective of a worried little girl, who did not know how to comprehend her situation, and did not know how to save herself or her brother, but did her best. As a mother of small children, it was gripping, and found myself “talking” to Anna, wishing I could help her, and scoop up the small babies and take care of them. Written with with grammar of a five year old and the communication style of a five year old, I did feel it was well done. It is suspenseful, beguiling and Anna is adorable. Worth the read. 208 pages.
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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.
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