Summer of My Amazing Luck
Registered by twiggynomore of Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on 9/18/2010
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
8 journalers for this copy...
This one was in a bag of books I got from my sister. Will release for the Canada Day Challenge.
This story takes place in Winnipeg! and is written by a Winnipeg author.
I felt right at home reading this story....It seems to take place a few blocks from where I live. The characters in the book live at "Half-A-Life" and "Serenity Place". The complex across the street from "Dial-a- Life" in Winnipeg is called "Tranquility Place". Can this be a coincidence?
This story is about a single teen mom and the friends she makes while living in a Government Housing complex. It shows the trials and tribulations of those who are stuck on the 'welfare treadmill' unable to get off.
I felt right at home reading this story....It seems to take place a few blocks from where I live. The characters in the book live at "Half-A-Life" and "Serenity Place". The complex across the street from "Dial-a- Life" in Winnipeg is called "Tranquility Place". Can this be a coincidence?
This story is about a single teen mom and the friends she makes while living in a Government Housing complex. It shows the trials and tribulations of those who are stuck on the 'welfare treadmill' unable to get off.
Journal Entry 3 by twiggynomore at Park Theatre & Movie Cafe in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Released 12 yrs ago (9/14/2011 UTC) at Park Theatre & Movie Cafe in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Taking this one to our Bookcrossing meeting ....if nobody takes it tonight, it will be on the shelves waiting for someone to take it home.
Happy Travels little book!!
Happy Travels little book!!
Well...I finally got around to reading this, but I can't say that I liked it much. Most of the characters just annoyed me - people who have decided to find ways to "play the system" and live off welfare rather than making any attempt to support themselves. At one point in the story, one of the characters decides that she should have another baby because the four children she already has soon all will be school aged - and if all of her children are in school, she would be expected to find work. I found that I couldn't identify with any of the characters (except perhaps Mercy, who did have a job) and there was not much plot. I did finish reading it, hoping it would get better, but on the whole, it was a disappointment after having heard so many good things about Toews' writing. Oh well...maybe someone else will enjoy it more than I did.
Journal Entry 5 by K-i-s-m-e-t at Park Theatre & Movie Cafe in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Released 12 yrs ago (3/15/2012 UTC) at Park Theatre & Movie Cafe in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
This book is coming with me to our monthly gathering at the Park Theatre Cafe. If no one takes it home, it will stay on the shelf patiently awaiting a new reader.
...and here it is with me in Calgary! I enjoyed "Uncomplicated Kindness" so I grabbed this book. Thank you so much Winnepeg Bookcrossers.
I really liked this book, a nice light read by Miriam Toews. The housing complex filled with single mothers on the dole. It made me wonder if the system was what kept these women here? I liked Lucy and Lish, they brought adventure to Have-a-Life, and the rain and Mosquitos made me laugh. Not that I would EVER do this, but the episode with the umbrella stroller with the broken wheel was great. Ok, theft is not ok, but if you have ever had to push one of those horrid things, like I have, hey, I just wanted to cheer! LOL
Thanks for this fun read. I can accept the fact that we are not all the same and that I am more blessed than others. There is a saying, don't judge until you have walked a kilometre in her shoes.
Thanks for this fun read. I can accept the fact that we are not all the same and that I am more blessed than others. There is a saying, don't judge until you have walked a kilometre in her shoes.
Bringing this one to the group, hope to find a new reader.
Oops - missed journaling this when I brought it home. I enjoyed the book. I just kept thinking about the mothers of the kids I taught in my last school. Many of them lived in subsidized housing units and I often wondered what their stories were.
I am returning this to the September meeting at Cravings.
Brought home from the September meeting - way, way too many books this month!
Taken to the August meeting!
To the finder:
Calgary has an active group of BookCrossers that meet to swap books and discuss book crossing every second Saturday of the month at 11am at Cravings Market on Fairmount Drive SE. We always love to meet new crossers, so please join us any time you like!
To the finder:
Calgary has an active group of BookCrossers that meet to swap books and discuss book crossing every second Saturday of the month at 11am at Cravings Market on Fairmount Drive SE. We always love to meet new crossers, so please join us any time you like!
Picked up at October meeting, haven't read it yet.
This is the story of Lucy who finds herself moving into housing project in Winnipeg which houses mostly single mothers raising their children. It gives the reader an insight into what it is like to live on welfare and the bonding that happens with all the mothers in the project. Most of the mothers don't know who the real fathers are and the ones that they do come around on weekends to pick up the kids. The women actually don't want to work, but want to just raise the kids.
This one was given to me along with a bunch of other books to get back in circulation.
Adding this one into Book Box 2 that is going around the Calgary group. Hopefully it will find a new reader.
Picked out from book box 1.
This book was an interesting insight to the lives of single moms. I worked in the industry and it was quite true to my experience.
I am taking this book to our zoo meetup for a new reader.
This came to me to see if I can sell it at a future meeting. If not will keep it for the next Canada Day release challenge!
Journal Entry 21 by megami-no-ushi at 1 of the Lil Lib.s NW ( Happy Hunting! ) in Calgary, Alberta Canada on Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Released 8 mos ago (8/13/2023 UTC) at 1 of the Lil Lib.s NW ( Happy Hunting! ) in Calgary, Alberta Canada
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Releasing over the next few days to various LFL as I pass them.
To the finder:
Calgary has an active group of BookCrossers that meet to swap books and discuss book crossing every second Saturday of the month at 11am at Cravings Market on Fairmount Drive SE. We always love to meet new crossers, so please join us any time you like!
To the finder:
Calgary has an active group of BookCrossers that meet to swap books and discuss book crossing every second Saturday of the month at 11am at Cravings Market on Fairmount Drive SE. We always love to meet new crossers, so please join us any time you like!
