Jodi Picoult’s House Rules
Jacob Hunt is a teenage boy with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS). Like many people with AS, he has difficulty reading social cues and expressing himself. One day his tutor is found dead, and as part of a routine investigation, the police come to question him. Jacob responds to the questioning with some of the hallmark behaviors of Asperger’s – avoidance of eye contact, stimulatory tics and twitches, inappropriate responses to stressful situations – which can look like guilt to law enforcement personnel. As a result, Jacob is accused of murder. read »
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Johanna Skibsrud’s The Sentimentalists
Giller winner Johanna Skibsrud talks with Zoomer Magazine in the heady hours after her win for The Sentimentalists, the novel inspired by her late father, a veteran of the Vietnam war. read »
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Kate Jacobs’ Friday Night Knitting Club
Get out your yarn and needles, Zoomers! Knitting is making a steady comeback. The trend has broken free from any stigma as a hobby strictly for retired folk — knitting has entered the mainstream. It is a way of feeding the creative mind, with endless availability in colours and patterns. read »
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