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A review by notnicolebrewer
Glory by Gillian Wigmore
5.0
Wow, what a book. I want to write something here because I know it's helpful, when a potential reader wanders over and wants to know why it's rated five stars. But part of what made it wonderful is that I can't quite put my finger on what sucked me in and wouldn't let me go - Wigmore's writing, the aching truth of small town-ness, the unflattering complexity of Renee, Crystal, and Glory. I loved this simple and familiar story of navigating a new town, parenthood, new people, art and family and good men and bad men, and I loved that it was neither simple nor familiar. It felt new and difficult, and I was hooked from start to finish.
On a structural level, the book was carefully and expertly assembled, its main high-stakes storyline (shared primarily by two first-person narrators, Renee and Crystal) supplemented by monologues from other residents of Fort St James, bringing new depth not just to the women, but to the town itself, a character in its own right.
On a structural level, the book was carefully and expertly assembled, its main high-stakes storyline (shared primarily by two first-person narrators, Renee and Crystal) supplemented by monologues from other residents of Fort St James, bringing new depth not just to the women, but to the town itself, a character in its own right.