Paper Harbour Bookclub
To kick off our newest product, Ebb and Flow Bookclub Journal, we have decided to do a virtual book club. This will be posted on our social media accounts and website, where we will share and discuss each book and use our new journal. We wanted to keep the Canadian theme, so we chose three books by three Canadian authors. If you are interested in joining us, on this bookclub journey, contact us to get a copy of your own bookclub journal. These three books that we will be reading can be found at your local library or bookstore.
The first book we will be reading and discussing virtually is "In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir Of Resilience” by Helen Knott
"An unflinching memoir of addiction, intergenerational trauma, and the wounds of sexual assault from a resilient, emerging Indigenous voice.
Helen Knott, a highly accomplished Indigenous woman, seems to have it all. But in her memoir, she offers a different perspective. In My Own Moccasins is an unflinching account of addiction, intergenerational trauma, and the wounds brought on by sexual violence. It is also the story of sisterhood, the power of ceremony, the love of family, and the possibility of redemption.” -In My Own Moccassins.
Considering the fact that we are from PEI, we wanted to have a book to read with an Island author. Naturally, we chose the classic, “Anne of Green Gables” by Lucy Maud Montgomery. We will start to read and discuss that book virtually, on August 1st, 2021.
"Everyone’s favorite redhead, the spunky Anne Shirley, begins her adventures at Green Gables, a farm outside Avonlea, Prince Edward Island. When the freckled girl realizes that the elderly Cuthberts wanted to adopt a boy instead, she begins to try to win them—and, consequently, the reader—over.”- Anne of Green Gables
Our third book in our Canadian book club series, we chose, "A House in The Sky" by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett. We will begin to read and discuss this book virtually, September 1st, 2021
"The New York Times bestselling memoir of a woman whose curiosity led her to the world’s most remote places and then into fifteen months of captivity: “Exquisitely told…A young woman’s harrowing coming-of-age story and an extraordinary narrative of forgiveness and spiritual triumph” (The New York Times Book Review).
"As a child, Amanda Lindhout escaped a violent household by paging through issues of National Geographic and imagining herself visiting its exotic locales. At the age of nineteen, working as a cocktail waitress, she began saving her tips so she could travel the globe. Aspiring to understand the world and live a significant life, she backpacked through Latin America, Laos, Bangladesh, and India, and emboldened by each adventure, went on to Sudan, Syria, and Pakistan. In war-ridden Afghanistan and Iraq she carved out a fledgling career as a television reporter. And then, in August 2008, she traveled to Somalia—“the most dangerous place on earth.” On her fourth day, she was abducted by a group of masked men along a dusty road.
Held hostage for 460 days, Amanda survives on memory—every lush detail of the world she experienced in her life before captivity—and on strategy, fortitude, and hope. When she is most desperate, she visits a house in the sky, high above the woman kept in chains, in the dark.” - A House in The Sky
