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Well read with Heidi Graham

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Women_of_noteDESPITE A HECTIC SCHEDULE HEIDI GRAHAM, THE WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY’S DIRECTOR OF MEDIA RELATIONS, IS AN AVID READER. A WEALTH OF LITERARY KNOWLEDGE, THE MEDIA VETERAN SHARES WHAT’S ON HER
BOOKSHELF.

 

I JUST FINISHED READING:
Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord Trilogy (The Winter King, Enemy of God and Excalibur). Fans of the kinder, gentler Camelot will find it hard to recognize the Arthur of Disney’s Sword in the Stone or his wise and wizened mentor Merlin. No, author Cornwell seems to have plunged Camelot into the Dark Ages, where blood, guts and glory reign supreme along with every human vice imaginable–pride, envy, lust and–of course–a genuine and unending thirst for power. This very well-written and fast-paced retelling of the ancient legend makes for excellent reading.

ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BOOKS IS:

Crows over a Wheatfield, by Paula Sharp (named after the painting by Vincent Van Gogh). Set in the fictional town of Muskellunge, Wisconsin and spanning over four decades (the 50s through the 90s), this novel is a clear indictment of how the law deals with
 
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issues such as mental illness, domestic violence and workers’ rights. “We are fighting the devil and the devil is the law,” according to the book’s main protagonist,

 

Mildred Steck. That doesn’t seem unusual, except when you learn that the author is in fact a practicing lawyer. There’s no question the crows in the novel are all lawyers. With larger than life characters whose names reflect their personalities (prominent attorney Joel Ratleer, attractive murder defendant Imelda Lookingbell), along with a quirky church called the ‘Park and Pray,’ this novel tackles difficult but
 very real issues with
passion and, at times, outrageous humour.

 

THE BOOK I’M PLANNING TO READ NEXT IS:

 

Women_of_note2George W. Bush’s Decision Points because as you can see from the other recommended books, I enjoy fiction with a historical point
of view.


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