etc.

CanLit at it’s most precious. I’m not sure if that’s a compliment or an insult, maybe a bit of both. Clara Callan is a 20- (and then 30-) something single schoolteacher living in smalltown Ontario in the 1930s. Clara narrates her story through journal entries and letters to her sister Nora, who is pursuing her dreams of fame and fortune as a radio performer in New York City. Clara is a fairly archetypal 30′s woman, all grace, manners and self-censorship, which makes reading between the lines of her epistles one of the most interesting things about the book. It’s a fine piece of literature if you can get past Clara’s mild austerity and nagging priggishness. I don’t think I managed to.