Why we chose John Nadler’s Valour Road Mom and I didn’t have any particular ideas for this month. So, I asked Mom to pick fiction or non-fiction and then we browsed my to-read-fiction shelf on Goodreads. We landed on Valour Road because it’s about local history. Mom remembered hearing about the Pine Street boys from a Heritage Minute (embedded below) that aired shortly before I was born. It surprised me […]

Why we chose Travis Lupick’s Fighting for Space I spotted this book in a library display of local topics. I thought Ash might find the topic relevant to her interests. I was also curious to learn more about the area which I worked adjacent to for the past year. Fighting for Space tells the story of a grassroots group of drug users in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside who waged a political […]

Why we chose Tim Hague’s Perseverance We had two other options for Family Reads this month, but one of them we didn’t like much and the other one I couldn’t get a copy of quick enough. So when Dad spotted a copy of this on the washing machine at home (Mom’s coworker had lent it to her), we decided to give it a go. After starting a family and flourishing in […]