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DESCRIPTION:Book Club is a welcoming\, low-pressure space for anyone who lo
 ves a good story and friendly conversation. We meet once a month on a Mond
 ay to share our thoughts on a wide variety of engaging reads. This year\, 
 we’re exploring the works of Canadian authors\, including fiction\, memo
 irs\, history\, and other thought-provoking literary non-fiction. \n\nTher
 e’s no expectation to attend every meeting - join when you can! And if l
 ife gets in the way and you haven’t finished the book\, you’re still m
 ore than welcome to come and take part in the discussion. Our meetings are
  relaxed and collaborative\, with everyone invited to share insights\, ask
  questions\, or simply listen. \n\nWhether you’re a lifelong reader or j
 ust looking for a reason to read more\, the Rosedale Centre Book Club is a
  great way to connect with others\, discover new authors\, and be part of 
 a warm and welcoming community. \n\nIf you have an questions reach out to 
 Caroline Duncanson at cduncanson@sympatico.ca \n\nThis month's book is A T
 ruce That Is Not Peace by author Miriam Toews. \nNATIONAL BESTSELLER • 
 FINALIST FOR THE HILARY WESTON WRITERS’ TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTION • F
 INALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY • T
 IME’s 10 Best Books of 2025 • Named a Best Book of 2025 by The Globe a
 nd Mail • CBC • The New Yorker • The Guardian • Lit Hub • The Ir
 ish Times • The Hill Times • Brooklyn Public Library\n"In this breatht
 aking memoir of stunning emotional force and electrifying honesty\, one of
  Canada's most iconic writers tells her own story for the first time.  "W
 hy do you write?” the organizer of a literary event in Mexico City asks 
 Miriam Toews. Each attempt at an answer from Toews—all unsatisfactory to
  the organizer—surfaces new layers of grief\, guilt\, and futility conne
 cted to her sister’s suicide more than fifteen years ago. She has been k
 eeping up\, she realizes\, an internal correspondence with her beloved sib
 ling\, attempting to fill a silence she can barely comprehend. As Toews tu
 rns to face that silence\, we come to see that the question “why I write
 ” is as impossible to answer as deciding whether to live life as a comed
 y or a tragedy.  A masterwork of non-fiction\, A Truce That Is Not Peace
  explores the uneasy pact every creative person makes with memory. Wildly 
 original yet intimately\, powerfully precise\; momentous\, hilarious\, wre
 nching\, and joyful—this is Miriam Toews at her dazzling best\, remaking
  her personal world and inventing a brilliant literary form to hold it."
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