Deborah Ellis

Nine poignant and empowering short stories from the author of The Breadwinner.

Erin 

A summary of ratings for each story:

The Singing Chair: 4 stars
The Time Out Chair: 3.5 stars
The Question Chair: 4.5 stars.
The Knowing Chair: 4 stars
The Plain Chair: 5 stars
The Day-Off Chair: 3 stars
The Glowing Chair: 4.5 stars
The Freedom Chair: 4 stars
The Hiding Chair: 5 stars
The War Chair: 4.5 stars
The Hope Chair: 3.5 stars

I'm starting to become a big fan of Deborah Ellis. I suppose I was before, but I never really noticed. She wrote The Breadwinner trilogy, a vastly underrated series that I loved unequivocally, and since reading that I've discovered that she wrote quite a few of the Dear Canada books I read when I was a child. I didn't even know that she had this short story collection, but thank goodness for library browsing features. In case you couldn't tell, each of the stories in this collection revolve around a different chair of some sort. Some of the stories are light, some have a deeper subject matter. All were excellent and I looked forward to reading one each day (I'm reading a short story a day in 2021, in case you didn't get the memo). Not a single story had a rating below 3, which is rare, I think. Even looking back, I would say they likely deserve a higher rating anyhow. Reading this (in combination with her other works) means I will now definitely be keeping my eye out for when Deborah Ellis publishes any new works.

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