Vanishing Monuments by John Elizabeth Stintzi [in Booklist]
31 May, by in Adult Readers, Canadian, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost
The novel’s narrator answers, under certain circumstances, to Alani, Al, Allie, Annie, Sofia, even Hedwig or Hedy, although the latter two are names belonging to the narrator’s mother. For the last 27 years, parent and child have been estranged, since a 17-year-old Alani ran away...