Staff Review: As You Were

Title/Author: As You Were - Elaine Feeney

Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Women’s Stories, Black Humour

Irish author Elaine Feeney truly understands comedy. In her debut novel, she captures the heartbreaking lives of the Irish elderly and ill as they come to terms with their own deaths and who they will have to leave behind. This delightful novel deals with the intensity of fear, deceit, and comradery while remaining absolutely Irish in every way. This novel had me on the edge of tears one moment and laughing my head off another, cannot recommend it enough!

Reviewed by: Shelby

Staff Review: Fight Night

Title/Author: Fight Night - Miriam Toews

Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Family Life, Black Humour

As delightful as always, Toews creates an insanely intimate peek at the relationships of a multi-generational family (a mother, grandmother & daughter). A touchingly funny and brutally honest take on the modern world, you will leave feeling like a part of their family.

Reviewed by: Shelby

Staff Review: Everyone in this Room with Someday by Dead

Title/Author: Everyone in this Room with Someday by Dead - Emily Austin

Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Black Humour, LGBTQ+

How does an atheist lesbian find herself working at a Catholic church and becoming involved in a potential murder mystery? Gilda is a young woman who loves deeply but struggles to communicate this to her girlfriend and brother. In this darkly hilarious story you will empathize with the sorrow and frustration of living with anxiety and depression from a young age; you will contemplate the philosophy of life & death; and will be swept up in human miscommunication & fragmented childhood memories, all leading to the painful joy of getting out of bed to face another day.

Reviewed by: Rosemary