I can’t pretend I understood most of the science fiction, but I did understand the characters. They were colourful and rich and complex and harboured origin stories that I did not see coming. The small, angry planet was just a destination, not the story. I loved these characters through and through. I picked this book […]
WomenTalk Podcast with Brigitte Lessard-Deyell
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Chapter 1: It’s in the blood
On July 23rd, 1920, a 10-year-old boy stood at the railing on deck of the S.S Minnedosa, watching the busy work happening at the Liverpool dockyards. Icek was tired and nervous, weary from the journey from Poland to England. His older brother Yankel, just 11 years old, was standing beside him, to his left. Their […]
Chapter 29 – Humiliation
29 HUMILIATION There are different degrees of public humiliation, and some are worse than others. The humiliation from slipping on the ice or tripping over your own feet is commonplace and we have all experienced that moment of “I hope nobody saw that.” The humiliation from walking around with toilet paper trailing from the bottom […]
Radio Interview: 12Radio
Radio Interview: 12 Radio As my book made it’s debut, the buzz was already starting to build. I was interviewed for an hour by Velva Dawn Silver on 12Radio. Listen here.
Chapter 17 – Italy
Chapter 17: Italy When I first stepped off the train from the airport and into the vast foreignness of Rome’s Termini Station, I had no inkling of the impact this adventure would have on my life. It wasn’t my first time travelling to Italy, but it was my first solo adventure. I was heading to […]