Endicott's

Then there's Marina Endicott's "The Little Shadows," which follows the lives of a family trying to make a living on the early 20th-century Canadian vaudeville circuit—all the quiet tragedies and comedies of the characters' daily lives are captured in an effortless seeming fashion; Ms. Endicott's people make me like people in general.

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I can't say, personally, if I'll be rushing out to find a copy of any of these titles beyond Endicott's after the winner has been announced.

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           And so, after Jacobreads from theTorah (the five books of Moses) and theHaftara (the books of the Prophets), and gives ad'var Torah, or discussion of that week's Torah portion, he and his family and friends retire to the Endicott's country club on the North Shore of Boston for the party.

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Now, I haven't read Endicott's novel, but after hearing her read for five minutes I bought a second copy to give away.

Archive 2008-09-01 Lemon Hound 2008

But for whatever it's worth, whatever I end up thinking about Endicott's novel, it will be scored by that initial introduction and my sense of feeling for one reason or another, inexplicably drawn in.

Opening Lines: rough notes and thoughts toward an essay Lemon Hound 2008

And yet we have this very realistic scene given in plain language in Endicott's hands and voila, compelling.

Archive 2008-09-01 Lemon Hound 2008

But for whatever it's worth, whatever I end up thinking about Endicott's novel, it will be scored by that initial introduction and my sense of feeling for one reason or another, inexplicably drawn in.

Archive 2008-09-01 Lemon Hound 2008

Oddly enough, in yesterday's Globe & Mail, TF Rigelhof started a review of Endicott's novel with the opening paragraph in question:

Opening Lines: rough notes and thoughts toward an essay Lemon Hound 2008

And yet we have this very realistic scene given in plain language in Endicott's hands and voila, compelling.

Opening Lines: rough notes and thoughts toward an essay Lemon Hound 2008

Now, I haven't read Endicott's novel, but after hearing her read for five minutes I bought a second copy to give away.

Opening Lines: rough notes and thoughts toward an essay Lemon Hound 2008