Personal Connections
Knows the Ontario author Carrie Snyder who wrote Olympic story Girl Runner
Rena Mills
Michelle Good, a member of the Cree Nation, a 60s Scoop survivor and wrote this book in her 60s.
Five Little Indians
You is kind, you is smart, you is important
Quote from The Help
A comedian's childhood story in South Africa
Trevor Noah's Born A Crime
Surprising chronicles of small town Chinese restaurants from Victoria to Fogo Island
Chop Suey Nation
Lived in the area of Anita Shreve's A Change in Altitude
Carol Hamm
Andrew Davidson grew up in Pinawa and wrote this fantasy after living in Germany & Japan
The Gargoyle
Stars Judi Dench and is based on her 50 year search for her son.
Philomena
Family of nine leaves a colony near Portage la Prairie
Mary Ann Kirby's I Am Hutterite
In Hundred Foot Journey, an emigrant family moves to this country to open an Indian cuisine restaurant
France
Has seen the plaque in Paris of the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Tatiana de Rosnay's Sarah's Key
Joan Lawrence
Katherena Vermette wrote these two novels set in Winnipeg
The Break & The Strangers
Theme: Women's roles in Biblical times, we viewed this TV mini series together.
The Red Tent
Woman leaves her wacky survivalist family and earns a PhD from Cambridge U
Tess Westover's Educated
Famous pie on Guernsey Island during WWII
Potato Peel Pie
Two people who celebrate the heritage featured in Eliza Reid's Secrets of Sprakkar
Karen Larocque and Carol McInnis
Niagara Falls' Cathy Marie Buchanan wrote this historical novel about Degas' famous sculpture Little Dancer
The Painted Girls
Starring Meryl Streep & Amy Adams, the movie was better than the book and more delicious
Julie & Julia
Famous American woman writes theme of one's self always growing and changing over time
Michelle Obama's Becoming
Restaurant's feature dish in Hana Khan Carries On
Biryani Poutine
Her son's profession is the same as the character played by Alec Baldwin in My Sister's Keeper film
Kathie Gordon
Claire Homan Rothman wrote this novel about a famous early female cardiologist in Montreal
The Heart Specialist
Julia Roberts led us through India, Indonesia & Italy.
Eat, Pray, Love
His Story of being Métis, Homeless and Finding His Way
Jesse Thistle's From the Ashes
Catherine's yummy Australian dessert from Ned Kelly Gang's book with NO grammar or punctuation
Pavlova