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IF YOU HAVE NEWS Call the Editor at 233-6063 or write to the GLEBE REPORT P.O. Box 4794, Station E, Ottawa K1S 5H9 WORDS South Branch Library BY PAMELA ROSOLEN The following is our monthly list of the top ten requested books at the Ottawa Public Library. The titles are all available through the South Branch. There is no charge to reserve a book. The English Patient Michael Ondaatje Revolution from Within Gloria Steinem Mixed Blessings Danielle Steel Driving Force Dick Francis The Pelican Brief John Grisham The Change Germaine Greer Wealth Without Risk for Canadians Charles Givens Diana, Her True Story Andrew Morton Every Living Thing James Herriot 10."I" is for Innocent Sue Grafton You may be interested in reserving the following titles which are currently on order: The Client John Grisham Domes of Fire David Eddings Jesus and the Riddle of the Dead Sea Scrolls Barbara Thiering The Maltese Angel Catherine Cookson The Scorpio Illusion Robert Ludlum CHILDREN'S SECTION We are happy to announce that our children's librarian Suzanne Delisle is the proud mother of a baby daughter Brigitte Gisèle Mirelle Marie, born on January 27, 1993. While Suzanne is on maternity leave, Jean McCarthy will be our children's librarian. Upcoming events in the children's section include the following: - Feb. 13 2:00 p.m. A TOUCH OF RED. Splash some red into (Sat.) Valentine's Day with crafts for 5-9-year-olds. Pre-registration begins January 30. (45 min.) Feb. 26 2:00 p.m. P.D.DAY SPECIAL: Friday Afternoon at (Fri.) the Movies. For ages 6 to 12 (45 min.) BABES IN THE LIBRARY. Music, rhymes and books for babies from birth to 18 months. Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. to Feb. 18. Pre-registration. TIME FOR TWOS. Stories and films for 2-year-olds. Mondays at 9:30 a.m. to Feb. 15. Pre-registration STORYTIME FOR 3 TO 5-YEAR-OLDS. Mondays at 10:30 a.m. to February 22 and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. to February 24. Pre-registration required for Wednesdays. SATURDAY STORIES AND FILMS for 4 to 7-year-olds at 10:30 a.m. until February 27. Solution to Cryptic Crossword omjInnn Ep ill Ei II III III o A R 10 L. 0 111E1 A El 0 El A 1111111111111111111 R 131111111 1:111111° "R D 1111310111181 19n 16A 0 B A el III EMU 0 MI III EI D El "EIZIE11311 R 2241111111111 "A III ciEl A A INIAPP ElocumBER Do El II o la IInIIOAIIII 29 u 0 IIMIEI ii R 13 p.m "Am R A eA 1E11E11E1 Library offers data on 1991 census The Ottawa Public Library is participating in Statistics Canada's electronic publication pilot project that offers 1991 census data on diskette. The new electronic format is being tested for public reaction in a number of libraries throughout Canada, from January to March 1, 1993. Information on Age, Sex, In Memoriam and Marital Status; Dwellings and Households, Families; and Mother Tongue - all available in print form - can now also be accessed at the touch of a keystroke. Try this user-friendly method of finding information from the 1991 Census in the Library's Reference Department on the third floor at 120 Metcalfe Street. At/S452A4 TOTS TO TEENS WINTER CLEARANCE SAVE UP 10 60% Oftt46 S RStsi Pk tow/ Robin Hiverna Mexx Esprit Magi Chip - Pepper Guess and many more Check out the finen selection. FOR THOSE SPECIAL OCCASIONS EASTER, BIRTHDAYS, WEDDINGS, SHOWERS Greenbank Square, 250 Greenbank Rd. 829-4207 In loving memory of Tony, Maria and Maria Teresa Provenzano who died tragically February 22, 1990 Three years have passed since we were robbed of our dear brother, sister and grandmother. Little did we know that morning that we would never see them again. Not a day goes by that we don't think of the family that could have been. We miss you Tony, Maria and Nanna and may God bless you forever. The Provenzano Family A mass will be held on February 22, 1993 at 8 p.m. at St. Anthony's Church February 12, 1993 - Glebe Report - 27
BOOKS A new author in the Glebe What motivates Wien to all these accidents connect? By disclose these dilemmas sud- We began with a daughter denly foisted on her charac- doing what her parents were Sharon ters who appear to have such perhaps in awe of but cer- Abron neat lives is the unravel- tainly not in total agree- Drache ling of secrets and/or sup- ment with. So much of pressed childhood natures. She has the ability to let such feelings motivate her fiction, allowing the stories to live, without becoming Carol Anne's writing reminds me of Alice Munro -- she is the same type of literary traveller, only from the east coast in- The literary magazine has intrusive. stead of rural Ontario and long served as a vehicle A Thousand Kites Over Rio British Columbia. Still, for finding new voices. I (great title) is such a tale there is a Canadian similarjust happened to pick up where two middle class ladies ity, a highly universal three, Coming Attractions having lunch on a swelt- common ground for that Oberon, 1988; edited by ering day discover that which is observed but not Maggie and David Helwig; The while one of them had a min- always condoned, for the Potters field Portfolio, Vol- or affair long ago, the secret and the sacred: ume 10, edited by Lesley other is currently so in Good Luck Carol Anne Choyce, 1988, and Quarry; love with a man other than Wien -- these five stories Summer 1992, edited by Stephen her husband, that "she and a few more will find Heighten. I discovered in is falling backwards down their way between the covers Author Carol each, a vibrant new author mountains." One could call of a real Anne Wien good book, very from the Atlantic, Halifax- this work, The Evolution of soon. based Carol Anne Wien, who Love, as the woman admits it just happens to be living in was some specific raw be- Ottawa for a year, renting a haviour which she had withouse with her family in the nessed with her lover at Glebe Fashion Cleaners Glebe. the zoo in the Corcovada near Rio, which kindled her 37 Years in the Glebe Carol Anne Wien "began not so casual affair. writing for children," says Wien describes the list- We David Helwig, who claims ener's reaction in a calm Appreciate You! "for that reason she starts and measured manner: "A We appreciate at the surface of things. our special requests. speck of salmon mousse flies Our customers. We But what her stories tend to treat you convenient off her waving hours fork, lands and in a gracious show is that things are not manner. affordable prices on have the white crysanthemums." You see it in the you in mind. always as they seem." When you How Far is Ouro Petro? is friendly smile that need I think David Helwig drycleaning, aptly the most exotic fiction, greets you at the please see us. sums up Wien's writing, but We'll where Wien lets language counter. You know it in show you our he doesn't mention what I loose and the sultry sun of the way we handle appreciation. happily discovered,Wien's Brazil takes hold of her distinctive, highly metaphor- writer's voice. Janet, ical turn of phrase, a clear Ursula and companion Gunther 1 Hour Drycleaning sign of originality which I are fellow travellers, when hope she develops as she Janet realizes that Ursula Monday through Saturday prepares new and old work has actually arranged an for her first collection of My favourite story is affair for Gunther with a happens to have been planted fiction. Bedrock, published in Quarry young Brazilian girl who in the lobby of the hotel perhaps because it particu- bar. Wien describes the Same-Day Laundry Tableclothes larly touches my reader's young prostitute as "sitheart -- it would touch any ting like a dove with its Have your clothes professionally cleaned at mother's who has wanted the head in its wings." She is best for her daughters or so young and innocent that Glebe Fashion Cleaners sons; in this case a daugh- Janet cannot believe what ter, who had decided to is unfolding before her eyes. A member of the International Fabricarc Institute, teach in the 11W11 the Newfoundland In association of professional drycleancrs and launderers., Overlapping we have a North to celebrate Canada's story of a marriage from 829-831 Bank St. 235-9776 Centennial. As the story the point of view of a begins, Dorothy's parents are transient boarder. In one We accept Visa, Master Card & American Express summoned by telegram to visit sentence, the wife Lily, their daughter in an Inuit who likes flowers more than bush camp. Without revealing hubby admits candidly, "The what happens, I can assure first half was nice; but you Wien handles the mother's the last half stinks!" CLEANING dilemma with aplomb. "Eliz- The couple in their 48th PARTY SERVICE abeth tried to be broad- year HOME reveals REPAIRS through the HOUSEHOLD ORGANIZING minded but there was nothing wife their accommodations HOUSEHOLD ORGANIZERS in her austere Presbyterian and dreams. childhood or her experience Transient takes place TIME TO TACKLE THE HOUSE as a war-time bride to pre- near the border of Mexico Let us help with the Basement, pare her for the things that Again, the narrator is motivated her daughter." travelling when life the Kitchen is Cupboards, the Still the mother's will does foisted on her, not an Windows, perhaps a coat of Paint! not impose itself. She slow- affair, or bizarre behavly listens and guides -- fum- iour at a Brazil zoo but ltrh OFF for Cleaning Only bles to do her best, an abandoned child. 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