It is so well written, although horrifying, it feels 100% plausible. I mean, why couldn't this happen? So I was expecting (and received) blood and gore. What I did not plan for was for such a deep story. The getting there was all the fun (???? – if you’re nuts like Mitchell). As for my reaction? I don’t do so well with feelings. They tend to make me all . . . . Now, that’s not to say this wasn’t a stabby selection. On the contrary, it was indeed. It even featured a little something extra . . .

The Next Chapter 11:38 Aparita Bhandari on 3 books set in Scarborough Featured VideoColumnist Aparita Bhandari on Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez, Brother by David Chariandy and That Time I Loved You by Carianne Leung. More about Brother from CBC RadioI dunno. I guess I like that Dorothy gets to escape to a place where it's colorful and magical instead of livin' in Kansas all her life." He paused, then added, "Those flying monkeys were pretty good too."

John Niven‘s brand is that of hyper-masculinity. A prolific novelist, best known for his music industry slasher Kill Your Friends, Niven’s books employ the darkest of humour as they wrestle with, and revel in, machismo: Straight White Male, Kill ‘Em All, No Good Deed; their titles speak for themselves. Now, he has written a memoir about his brother, Gary, who took his own life at the age of 42. It is tender, raw and beautiful. Young brother Michael goes along with the family. Because he really has to provide for the family because times is rough. Duration 0:48 Featured VideoCanada Reads trailer for Brother by David Chariandy. Why David Chariandy wrote Brother

Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan is a soulful meditation on family trauma

And it is with this foundational belief in her safety that her universe diverges from that of her sons. Here is their most fundamental culture clash: she is a woman with a country where she is wanted, far away though it may be, and while her striving may lead nowhere, it probably won’t get her murdered by police.