![]() Hallmark doesn’t know what they’re missing.”įamily relationships are at the heart of this novel (which will also be familiar to Eden Robinson’s long-time readers). ![]() “You see? That’s a Mother’s Day poem right there. “Only cheap booze and leaky condoms will get me grandchildren.” Perhaps not the kind of greeting cards with the higher prices and the over-sized envelopes that cost extra to send. The lines don’t seem as funny when they’re taken out of context.īut here’s a peek at the running debate between two characters as to the Hallmark-y-ness of their family. Mostly, the humour is situational and character-driven. Son of a Trickster (2017) made me laugh out loud, but it also tore me up. Most notably, her capacity to create credible characters who invite you to share their emotional highs and lows. ![]() But even if you didn’t see this one coming, there will be many familiar elements for Eden Robinson’s returning readers, particularly for readers of her award-winning Monkey Beach. “It’s also a union regulation as a Native writer that you have to write a Trickster story at least once.” (This is from an interview by Anita Bedell in Prism international) If you’ve glanced at the union regulations for Native writers, you’d have seen this one coming: Eden Robinson explains that it’s a requirement. ![]()
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