MAY Book of the Month
Yesteryear
By Caro Claire Burke
I’ve always had a morbid, almost anthropological fascination with the likes of Ballerina Farm and the Duggar family – public figures who profit off the ostensibly traditional gender roles, family structures and values that they broadcast to the world. There’s something so tantalising about the tradwife™’s performance of womanhood.
This debut novel pulls back this veneer of domestic, subservient bliss to examine the psyche of the women lurking beneath. Natalie is a tradwife with a substantial social media following, living in a rustic farmhouse with her children and hot cowboy husband. (Sounds familiar?) Her life is perfect, and she knows it. Then one morning, she wakes up in 1855 with the same home and the same family but none of her modern comforts. Suddenly, Natalie is forced to live the pioneer life she once merely cosplayed. Yesteryear is a gripping, dark and, at times, completely hilarious satire of one of the most disturbing cultural phenomena of our time.
MAY ILF Book of the Month
When Words Fail Us
By Stan Grant
This book is a gift to all of us in a time where words don’t come easily and people can’t seem to hear them clearly.
We carry the world and all of its noise and misinformation in our pockets 24/7. We are invited to multiple platforms to speak, but we are so out of touch with our identity and sense of self that miscommunication and its consequences are rife … maybe it’s better to say nothing at all? Can we find calm and empowerment in being more discerning with where our vocal energy goes? future.
– EMILY –
MAY Kids Book of the Month
Crow: Thief of Magic
By Fiona Dixon
Crow is a 12-year-old orphan living on the streets of Starsgard, where he and his two best friends work for the head of the city's criminal underworld. Life is tough and dangerous, but with good friends it is a little brighter. On a routine delivery, Crow meets a sorcerer, a dream caster who invites him to be his apprentice. When a shocking disaster strikes, Crow, desperate and alone, returns to the sorcerer to begin his training. But dream magic can be dark, too …
I loved this book – Crow is a lovable, relatable character that readers are going to champion and cheer for, and the plot and world building are exciting, deliciously Dickensian and wonderfully well paced. Thoroughly enjoyable.
MAY Cookbook of the Month
Plat du Tour
By Guillaume Brahimi
I readily admit that the only reason I watch the Tour de France is for the scenery and the Plat du Tour segments. Originally presented as ‘Taste le Tour’ by the delightful Gabriel Gaté, in recent years, the baton (or should I say lardon?) was passed on to Guillaume Brahimi and, naturellement, he has made it his own. For each of the foodie portions of the great race, Guilliame highlights one of the towns on the race’s route then offers up a speciality of the region.
In this book version of his charming segments, Guillaume presents the very best of French cuisine from all around France for us to enjoy. France, a stellar and beloved chef and divine food? That definitely deserves the yellow jersey, n’est-ce pas?
– SYLVIA –
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