Bookworm, no. 70

Clarissa Hurley reviews Sarah Bernstein’s “The Coming Bad Days.” Michelle Sinclair on Jessica Waite’s “The Widow’s Guide to Dead Bastards.” The Giller Prize winner. Inside the December issue.

Nov 19, 2024

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The Coming Bad Days
Sarah Bernstein
Penguin Random House Canada
272 pages, softcover, ebook, and audiobook

In Sarah Bernstein’s first novel, republished in Canada following her 2023 Giller Prize win with Study for Obedience, the nameless, addicted-to-cheese-sandwiches narrator teaches English literature at an unnamed institution in some northern…

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