New Review of my Book Carol 'A Woman's Way'

Ashby Finds the Right Way


Read the new review of Carol 'A Woman's Way' Apr 13 2011 Published by James under CanLit Reviews
James Onusko is a PHD candidate at Trent University


Carol ‘A Woman’s Way’

By: Kathy Ashby

DreamCatcher Publishing, November 2009, 206 pp, Paperback $18.95 CDN

Reviewed by: James Onusko

"Author Kathy Ashby has written an important and vibrant novel about environmentalism, social activism, and sisterhood in the fullest sense of the word. Ashby’s crusading and likeable protagonist Carol is supported by male characters throughout the novel, however, the narrative is shaped and driven forward by her and her supportive female friends. It reinforces an important aspect of social movements across the globe, both historical and contemporary – women were and are there, and more often than not, lead these movements on many levels.

Kathy Ashby lives in the Muskoka region of Ontario. She is an accomplished artist as well as being both an environmental and social activist. She is a graduate of Sheridan College in Mississauga. Her area of expertise in the visual arts is the art of blowing glass. While this is her first novel, she has been published on CBC and in other print publications.

The narrative of the novel is not complicated. The story is told from the point of view of Carol exclusively. From the outset, a proposed snowmobile trail begins to be built right next to her family’s property without any consultation..."
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