Up, Up & Away by Jonah Keri, a history of the Montreal Expos, made the list for baseball fans. As close as it gets to autobiography, the Star said, “It’s about two sisters, Elfrieda, a beautiful, accomplished, world-famous pianist who wants to die, and Yolandi, her younger sister, who really wants her to stay alive.” Next is All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews, which has been garnering accolades and creating buzz as much for Toews’ writing as for the topic she tackles. Pigeons atop a restaurant sign are ‘crammed together like a group of teenagers making trouble on a bench.’” The Girl Who Was Saturday Night by Heather O’Neill, whose writing in this book was, the Star said, “like a sort of demented angel with an uncanny knack for metaphor. If you’re looking for some holiday reading this summer, Amazon.ca has released three lists of its top books of 2014 so far.
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