I had been on the fence about reading The Children's Bible because I didn't know if it would be too nihilistic for me at a time when I just can't take any more nihilism. But it sounds pretty good so maybe I will pick it up. Thanks!
Thanks for this piece. I join local actions on GND but my own main passion is M4A -- we Yanks trying desperately to catch up with you Canadians by (a) acknowledging healthcare as a right and (b) walking the walk.
Your description of the parents in this novel somewhat reminds me of how a lot of Americans view universal healthcare. It sounds nice but, you know, excuse-excuse-excuse. Meanwhile people are needlessly sickening and dying -- and that was pre-pandemic.
These perfectly nice, ordinary folks cannot seem to grasp how immediately and personally they can be part of the solution by hassling their Congress member.
I work virtually full time on finding creative ways to constructively engage such folks on this issue, to boot them out of their comfort zone. I should have a business card emblazoned with a new job title: Cattle Prod.
I sympathize with the teens in this story, though I'm old enough to be their grandpa. Come to think of it, maybe the author missed a bet -- not having grandparents show up in this narrative, wielding cattle prods. :-)
Reminds me in turn of a old Sam Levinson quip: "Grandparents and grandchildren get along so well because they have a common enemy."
I had been on the fence about reading The Children's Bible because I didn't know if it would be too nihilistic for me at a time when I just can't take any more nihilism. But it sounds pretty good so maybe I will pick it up. Thanks!
Thanks for this piece. I join local actions on GND but my own main passion is M4A -- we Yanks trying desperately to catch up with you Canadians by (a) acknowledging healthcare as a right and (b) walking the walk.
Your description of the parents in this novel somewhat reminds me of how a lot of Americans view universal healthcare. It sounds nice but, you know, excuse-excuse-excuse. Meanwhile people are needlessly sickening and dying -- and that was pre-pandemic.
These perfectly nice, ordinary folks cannot seem to grasp how immediately and personally they can be part of the solution by hassling their Congress member.
I work virtually full time on finding creative ways to constructively engage such folks on this issue, to boot them out of their comfort zone. I should have a business card emblazoned with a new job title: Cattle Prod.
I sympathize with the teens in this story, though I'm old enough to be their grandpa. Come to think of it, maybe the author missed a bet -- not having grandparents show up in this narrative, wielding cattle prods. :-)
Reminds me in turn of a old Sam Levinson quip: "Grandparents and grandchildren get along so well because they have a common enemy."