Malagash in Bound Together

Nov 06, 2017 Diane S ☔ rated it really liked it

How do you take a subject that has been written about many times before. And make it new and fresh?
Read this book, and you will see why readers are responding so positively to just such a book. A father dying, asking to die in the place he was raised, Nova Scotia. So his family who loves him dearly, wanting to honor his last wishes, does just that. Father in hospital, mother and daughter, young son attempt to fill his last days with humor, and a great deal of love. His daughter who will miss him ...more

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Sep 26, 2017 Carol rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: published-2017, netgalley, read-2017, death, fiction, novella, cultural-canada

4+ Stars

"I don't want my father to die."

MALAGASH is a sad story about a 39 year old father close to death....a father with a dark sense of humor and a wonderful spirit....a father with a beloved daughter who finds a way to keep her dad alive forever giving her scared little waif of a brother and grieving mother a powerful gift.

200 pages of heartbreak, and a true original. (Skip the overview on this one - TMI)

Many thanks to ECW Press via NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Sep 26, 2017 ☮Karen rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2017, netgalley

Look at that cover! It was the sole attraction for me, the only reason I requested this book, I will now admit. I chose it even though the description made me a bit reluctant and I had no idea what a Malagash was. Turns out, Malagash is a small town in Nova Scotia to where one man has moved his family so he can finish out his life in the place he grew up. He's dying of cancer in a hospital. His wife and son and daughter visit him daily, as does his mother. The dad tells his silly jokes, sings so ...more

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Apr 03, 2018 Britany rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2018, audiobook

Wow,-- small but mighty.

I need to spend more time thinking about this one. It's quiet and sneaks up on you and then slowly tears you apart. Less than 200 pages, Sunday creates a virus based on the end of her dad's life. She wants him to live forever captured within computers slowly corrupting the hard drives of unsuspecting victims.

The family handles this with as much grace as humanly possible given the circumstances. I appreciated the way the author merged two unlikely topics together to create ...more

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Apr 03, 2018 Mandy rated it it was amazing

This is a portrait of a family in mourning. Sunday's father is dying of cancer. She is recording his voice in order to create a computer virus so that he can live forever. But the book is so much more than that. It is about mourning, about family, about relationships.

I was moved by this book. It was written so well and it was so relate-able.

A few things that touched close to home:
" I thought I would write down my father's words, and he would live forever. But the more I record, the more I real ...more

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Apr 26, 2018 Martha☀ rated it liked it

Shelves: canadian

What an enjoyable way to portray the terrible sickness and subsequent loss of your father. The deep relationships that were formed during Sunday's father's last stages of cancer were so touching. I loved her mother's scenes.
I was disappointed that there was almost no reference to the peninsula of Malagash, NS. Generally Canadian fiction is famous for describing its landscapes and community culture but this was only vaguely mentioned in the final chapter. ...more

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Aug 03, 2019 Jenna Cross rated it really liked it

Shelves: own, audio-a, ya

A very unique spin on journeying through the grieving process. I loved the growth and arc of Sunday and her little brother’s relationship. There were many poignant observations made by Sunday throughout this powerful little story and I very much enjoyed the realness of this family.

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