Journal Entry 1 by goatgrrl from New Westminster, British Columbia Canada on Sunday, April 01, 2007

Purchased from The Book Man on Wellington Avenue in Chilliwack, BC, during a spring Saturday spent exploring the area. 

Journal Entry 2 by goatgrrl from New Westminster, British Columbia Canada on Tuesday, May 22, 2007

As a novel, this book wasn't particularly memorable, although the setting was interesting -- approximately half the action takes place on a northern Alberta fire tower, where Priscilla "Percy" Turner, the protagonist, spends the summer watching for forest fires. Burning Ground is really two novels in one: first, the story of Percy's childhood in an Alberta trailer park, where she must negotiate early adolescent sexual relationships with her best friend Marlea and the masochistic father of a child she babysits; second, the story of Percy's adult relationships with Marlea and Gilmore, another forest fire watcher she meets on the job. Of the two parts of the novel, I far preferred the tale of Percy's childhood, which was far more emotionally complex than her adulthood. (The adult Percy vascillates between an on-again-off-again relationship with the sexually ambivalent Marlea, and an unconsummated internet connection with Gilmore.) I couldn't really recommend this one, unless for the unique description of a summer spent alone in northern Alberta. 

Journal Entry 3 by goatgrrl at Aspen Village Inn in Waterton Village, Alberta Canada on Saturday, June 30, 2007

Released 4 yrs ago (6/26/2007 UTC) at Aspen Village Inn in Waterton Village, Alberta Canada

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I left this book near the telephone in the lobby/reception area at Aspen Village Inn very early on Tuesday morning. Sending best wishes to whomever might have picked it up.