BOOK CLUB: Sinclair Ross, As For Me and My House
Details
Join us for the first meeting of World Fiction Club, a new monthly book club in Toronto focused on fiction from around the world, published between 1500 and 1950.
For our June pilot meeting, we are beginning locally with Canada.
Book: Sinclair Ross, As For Me and My House
Region: The Americas
Country: Canada
Period: 1900–1950
Date: Sunday, June 28, 2026
Time: 2:00–4:00 PM
Location: Dineen Outpost - 1042 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON M4M 1Z5
As For Me and My House was first published in 1941 and is now considered a major Canadian prairie novel. Written as a diary, it follows a minister's wife in a small prairie town during the Depression.
Discussion focus
- Voice and diary form
- Marriage and emotional repression
- Religion and small-town life
- Prairie isolation
- Depression-era Canada
- Artistic ambition and failure
- What makes a "Canadian" novel
You do not need an academic background. Come prepared to discuss the book, ask questions, and listen carefully to others.
Please RSVP only if you are reasonably sure you can attend. Spots are limited to keep the discussion focused.