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Eleanor, on the ascent

Val’s Book Reviews Letters from Gerald by R.W. Butler Altona: Friesen Press, 2024$22.49 / 9781038305459 I was pleasantly surprised to find that fiction about ornithology could hold my attention to the very last page. West coast author R.W. Butler’s debut novel on this specialized topic has much to commend it. The book concerns young Eleanor

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A Grand Dame and a divorcée

Val’s Book Reviews The Champagne Letters by Kate MacIntosh Toronto: Gallery Books, 2024 $36.99 / 9781668061886      In The Champagne Letters, Kate MacIntosh has successfully managed to create two parallel stories set in two different eras: one in nineteenth-century France and the other in the present day. Her narrative flows seamlessly between discrete eras

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