Mister Sandman : A Novel

from Kenkwa

I received this gem of a book as a review copy. Intrigued by the cover and comments on the back of the book, I stopped what I currently was reading to start this book. I must admit I did not like the characters when I first started this book because of the horrible deceptions that each character ...

from bhowell

I have long been a fan of Barbara Gowdy but had not read Mister Sandman until it was offered for early review by Library thing. It was earlier published in the US in 1996 but was first published in Canada in 1995. This is a new printing in paperback by Zoland books with a foreward by Katerine Dun...

from BeckyJG

I knew I was in for a treat when I opened my copy of the new edition of Barbara Gowdy's 1995 novel Mister Sandman, and saw that the foreword was written by Katherine Dunn, author of the weird and wonderful Geek Love. I wasn't disappointed. Set in Toronto in the late fifties through the early seve...

from buildalife

A most unusual story of a most unusual family. Or maybe it's the truth about a family--a truth that we usually turn away from. Each member is isolated from the others by his or her series of quirks and secrets which spill forth in closeted (!) confessions. It's the dark side of our mother, our fa...

from alaskabookworm

"'The truth is only aversion.'" - Sonja Canary In this beautifully written novel, the reader is introduced to each member of the Canary family. Early on it becomes clear that a great deal of how this unconventional family functions is through deceit. At first, it seems like this is a family doome...