Book review: The Wedding distills smart, cutting characters in melancholy of human failings
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The Wedding
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Gurjinder Basran | Douglas & McIntyre
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An impending wedding — a stupendously costly, 1,guest, three-ring circus of a wedding, in fact — forms the surface of Gurinder Basran’s tragicomical third novel, The Wedding.
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Akin to The Plus One, Vancouver writer S.C. Lalli’s recent destination wedding-set murder mystery, the story proceeds from the certainty that any wedding story necessarily involves an obstacle — before, after, or at the altar. Whether a drunk uncle, squabbling families, cold feet, infidelity, or homicide, the narrative relates the details of the lavish glamour while also exposing the sobering truth behind the veil.
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Gurjinder Basran—Help! I’m Alive
Wednesday, June 22, PDT
Gurjinder Basran’s debut novel, Everything Was Good-bye, was the winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Award in Gurjinder was named as one of CBC’s &#;Ten Canadian women writers you need to read.”. She mentors writers at VMI, while also balancing a successful career in Telecommunication. She lives in Delta, BC.
When a teen dies, four people are left spinning, each trying to deal with their grief and face the dissatisfactions of their lives. Fresh, insightful, and propulsive, Help! I’m Alive sensitively and authentically explores the challenges of death&#;and of living on.
Facilitated by Robert Wiersema
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After video footage of a teenager’s death is shared on social media, a suburban Vancouver community is left to try to make sense of his suspected suicide.
Help! I’m Alive explores the aftermath through the eyes of four people all suddenly confronted with who they have been and how they should be in the wake of such loss: Ash, Winona, Anik, and Pavan.
“Help! I’m Alive doesn’t exploit the despair that can lead to suicide but instead asks its characters and readers to look at the ways they connect — or don’t — in modern society … Basran’s insight, voice and deep character work make this an affecting read”
- Shelf Awareness
Award-winning author Gurjinder Basran’s Help! I’m Alive is a clear-eyed exploration of meaningful connection in the modern era.
Unflinching but life-affirming, the novel is a coming-to-terms story about loneliness and connection, love and suffering, and the moments, however fleeting, that bring us together.
Download Book club discussion guide for Help! I’m Alivehere
PRAISE for Help! I’m Alive
“ Gurjinder Basran brings a laser-focused intensity
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Gurjinder Basran’s debut novel, Everything Was Good-bye, was the winner of Mother Tongue Publishing's “Search for the Great BC Novel Contest” in and was awarded the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Gurjinder lives in British Columbia, Canada with her family. Gurjinder Basran’s debut novel, Everything Was Good-bye, was the winner of Mother Tongue Publishing's “Search for the Great BC Novel Contest” in and was awarded the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Gurjinder lives in British Columbia, Canada with her family. more
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