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"One of Canadaâs most eloquent storytellers has given us a compelling and exquisitely crafted tale about hope, love and creativity."âSusan Swan
"Marilyn Bowering has written an astonishing novel, full of hope and courageâa brilliant antidote to cynicism and despair."âIsabel Huggan
"Marilyn Bowering is one of our whistle-blowers. Her new book tells us What It Means to Be Humanâsomething we seem on the brink of forgetting. Classic in form, this white-knuckle book leads us through a contemporary underworld before bringing us up, once again, to the light. Required reading!"âP.K. Page
About: What It Takes to Be Human, the haunting new novel by Orange Prizeâshortlisted author Marilyn Bowering, considers the life of Sandy Grey, an idealistic young air cadet who wants nothing more than to enlist in the Second World War.
About: In 1940s Canada, Sandy Grey is incarcerated as criminally insane for violently opposing his preacher father.
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