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the book page First novel by Govier explores family history By TRISH WORRON The Canadian Press Why did my greatgrand parents leave England to come to Canada How did my parents meet Who is that funny old woman in the pic ture Children pep rtheir parents with those kin of questions not only because they want to hear the fascinating stories about the way things were in the old days but because they want to get sense of their past No longer child at 28 Jeni fer Beacham the central char acter in Katherine Goviers first novel Random Descent still is asking those questions about her ancestors She sets off for California to get some answers from her elderly gandparents But Jennifer isnt simply searching for quaint stories She senses that by learning about her family tree she will find some sort of direction for the future in her own confused Through the course of her long visit with her grand parents Jennifer hears of the family scandals drunkards gamblers suicides and adulter ous affairs the sort of things that not only romanticize family tree but also spice up noveL DEEPER LEARNING But Jennifer also learns about women like her grand mother Constance for whom family was everything and who tried to keep people together through good times and depres Sions Although at the age of78 Constance is bitter about liv ing her life for everyone else and never doing anything f0r herself she cant hide her conv tempt for her granddaughter who has chosen divorce and abortion to find freedom In travelling back six genep ations with her character Ms Govier has painted an impor tant picture Of Canadas past Flat impersonal events remembered from history books have been brought to life through theeyes of reallife people The great trek across the Prairies made by thousands of immigrants in the 1890s for ex ample suddenly has meaning when it is experienced by two young frightened English girls whose bodies ache from weeks of sitting in stifling crowded travelling conditions Readers similarly learn of epidemics religious prejudices droughts and depression and loneliness of whistlestop towns in the Canadian west SHOWS NOSTALGIA There is nostalgia for the simpler days when there were few choices to be made particularly by women and the Quiet poet opens up family was partly strangled and partly supported by its in dividuals But the author doesnt get maudlin she tells of the evils and hypocrisy as well Ms Govier has chosen jour ney familiar in much of Cana dian literature the passage from small narrow moral towns to the rootless anonymous urban centres where Jennifer has ended up Ms Goviers earlier training as shortstory writer holds her in good stead in this book which introduces about 60 char acters covering 100year time span in short 228 pages Although at times readers al most need program to keep the characters straight the writer has managed to bring life to most of them in few economic phrases She conveys the sternness and toughness of an upright stepmother who to the very end was dictating instructions from her hospital bed to the younger members of the Daughters of the Empire The book probably will ap peal more to female readers because with the exceptions of few insights into the male characters the events are seen through the eyes of the women Random Descent by Kath erine lovier MaeMilIan of anada ltd 228 pages 295 Michael Ondaatie awardwinning poet novelist teacher filmmaker critic and editor pauses during an interview in Toronto Sunday Ondoatie did not conceal his distaste for interviews but agreed to talk about his newest collection of poetry on the first day of weeklong National Book festival CP Photo OPEN RAP MORNING 558 FOCUS 600 CARTOON PLAVHOUSE HILARIOUS HOUSE OF FRIGNTENSTEIN CANADIAN AVALCADE 30 THIS is THE LIFE BLACK FORUM CHRISTOPHER CLOSEUP ROCKET ROBIN HOOD 700 ECUMEDIA NEWS PUBLIC POLICY FORUM FAITH FOR TODAY PROFESSOR KiTzEL CROSSROADS NIVEN MILLER CHURCH INVITATION 730 DAY OF DISCOVERY CROSSROADS DIRECTIONS UNCLE BOBBY SHOW 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