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A local author is in the running for a Canadian Book Club Award.
Susan Wadds, of Sebright, has been named a finalist in the fiction category for What the Living Do.
“With equal measures of compassion and bite, What the Living Do plumbs the twisted depths of survivor’s guilt and childhood trauma to grapple with the question of self-worth. This is a powerful and timely book that grapples with women’s reproductive rights and sexuality, as well as survivor’s guilt,” describes River Street Writing.
Wadds’s life experiences inspired the book.
“At 41, I discovered that I was pregnant. With active cancer. My oncologist advised a full hysterectomy in order to ‘kill two birds with one stone,’ since he was of the opinion that birthing a child would spread cancer throughout my body,” she said. “I disregarded his insistence. I also turned away from the invasion of amniocentesis, a recommendation for geriatric mothers.”
Joining Wadds on the finalist list for fiction are John S. Taylor (Among the Opaki) and Sherry Wong (House Filler).
The Canadian Book Club Award winners will be announced in January.
More information, including a complete list of finalists, can be found at thecanadianbookclubawards.ca.
