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The Third Day Book by Linda Rogers (Cormorant $20)
The resemblance between Linda Rogers and Joanna Trollope is not uncanny. The two novelists are cousins, both related to the Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope (1815-1882).
"My cousin from Canada is a bigger Trollope than I am,"; said Joanna Trollope when she met Linda Rogers at an awards ceremony at Canada House in London. The bestselling English novelist meant Rogers' family was more closely related to Anthony Trollope than her side of the family.
With equal wit, Rogers has remarked, "Joanna and I could be sisters, but she is definitely the pretty one. She is tall and elegantly slender, whereas I.... um, love to cook.";
Rogers' ancestors emigrated when Anthony Trollope's mother, Frances Trollope, also a novelist, traveled to America and wrote her travel books. These relatives came to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. "My eldest son is Sasha Trollope-Wilgress Rogers,"; she says. "He will never forgive me.";
In Rogers' sequel to The Empress Letters (2007), her tragedy-prone lead character in The Third Day Book is married and raising a deaf daughter in Victoria. When Precious discovers she is again pregnant, bittersweet memories of her time in Hong Kong with her Chinese father and stepmother begin to stir, reminding her of the fragility of the present. 9781897151396
[BCBW 2010]
"My cousin from Canada is a bigger Trollope than I am,"; said Joanna Trollope when she met Linda Rogers at an awards ceremony at Canada House in London. The bestselling English novelist meant Rogers' family was more closely related to Anthony Trollope than her side of the family.
With equal wit, Rogers has remarked, "Joanna and I could be sisters, but she is definitely the pretty one. She is tall and elegantly slender, whereas I.... um, love to cook.";
Rogers' ancestors emigrated when Anthony Trollope's mother, Frances Trollope, also a novelist, traveled to America and wrote her travel books. These relatives came to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. "My eldest son is Sasha Trollope-Wilgress Rogers,"; she says. "He will never forgive me.";
In Rogers' sequel to The Empress Letters (2007), her tragedy-prone lead character in The Third Day Book is married and raising a deaf daughter in Victoria. When Precious discovers she is again pregnant, bittersweet memories of her time in Hong Kong with her Chinese father and stepmother begin to stir, reminding her of the fragility of the present. 9781897151396
[BCBW 2010]
Submitted on June 4, 2010 in By David.
