The Book Band

Publisher: Seraphim Editions
Genre: essays; reminiscences
Format: trade paperback; 118 pages; original sketches by author
Price: $16.95

Does an artist record what she sees or what experience has taught her? Helen McLean is both a painter and writer. In these essays she explores a variety of topics in surprising ways, such as likening hip-replacement surgery to shoring up the beams of an old house.

Review: "When you are addicted to looking [McLean says], you are forever being thrown off balance, shaken up, transported. McLean's sweet, wise little book ... is filled with transporting observations, and very much worth reading." - Nigel Beale, The Globe and Mail