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Learned about this book through a story I found in "Toronto, biography of a city". It is about the fascinating story of how two slaves escaped their masters, made their ways to Toronto and not only made a successful life there but started the first cab service and became really influential. Yet, they were completely forgotten until an archeological citizen science project found the remains of their home and pieced their story back together...

This book tells the fascinating narrative re-telling of a crime that captured the imagination of Canadians at the beginning of the 20th century, but it does so much more than that. The author left me with a better understanding of the changes for women at the time, for the impact WW1 had on Canada, for British Colonial Society, for the history of Toronto, and much more. I'm grateful I stumbled over this book, it is one of the best reads in months.

I read this book because I'm a fan of Gilmore Girls and Kelly's Emily is one of my favourite characters in the show. I read it back to back to Lauren Graham's book "Talking as fast as I can" and was pleasantly surprised about the depth and quality of writing. Kelly has had a fascinating life and shares her experiences and insights openly. Her days on "A chorus line", her experience on the set of Dirty Dancing, her time at Gilmore Girls gave structure to much deeper experiences. She is open about what broke her first marriage, why she had an abortion, how it was to find and loose your true love and how she steers through her eventful life. Wonderful read, highly recommended.

This book was a quick and easy read and somewhat interesting if you are (like me) a fan of Lauren's performance in the Gilmore Girls. However, this book could have been shortened to 20 pages without loosing any important material and her writing has, well, room for improvement stylistically. While I don't regret reading this I would not have missed a thing without it.

I didn't know what I got myself into when I started with this book. However, this was an enjoyable experience as I paired the reading on the page with the audible version so I got the spoken word in my ear while following along. The stories range from tragic to funny, from boring to exciting, and from well-known to ideas I never heard before. I loved the experience and was surprised how much fun I had with this canon of stories.

This book is considered a modern classic and a friend of mine warmly suggested reading this. I do like Richler's writing style overall. However, this book lacks coherent plot and the main character (Duddy Kravitz) is not only very unlikable and rude, I also had a hard time really following along. Overall this book was a good read but a somewhat mediocre story.