reviewed live on the bookshow by Sue Major Dec 2013
This first novel is set in Montreal during
the severe winter of 1997/98.
It's a simple tale ...a fairy tale for
adults, really...and begins with a 10yr old boy wishing that his estranged
parents could be reconciled. His father has left home and the boy longs for
things to return to normal . The weather appears to oblige him, and so begins
an ice-storm that plunges temperatures to unimaginable levels as the power is
knocked out in downtown Montreal. As expected , the inhabitants turn to each
other for help.
There are a number of characters in the
story, none of them particularly developed during the tale yet interesting
nevertheless, and all with a purpose....Julie, the exotic dancer; Boris the
mathematician; Simon and Michel who everyone thinks are brothers and of course
the boy and his friend Alexis.
It's light reading...I'd have loved it for a
journey...but I loved it anyway. It's a quick read but it left with a smile and
a warm glow. Is it predictable? ...of course. Does it have a happy ending? What
do you think! But it's a delight ( and
the cover is fabulous, too)
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