Niagara Falls is perfect setting for a tale of guilt and sorrow

Source: GuelphMecury.com
Niagara Falls is perfect setting for a tale of guilt and sorrow
August 23, 2008
Veronica Ross
FALLING
by Anne Simpson
(McClelland & Stewart,320 pages, $32.99 hardcover)
Veronica Ross
Award-winning novelist and poet Anne Simpson has set her new novel in Niagara Falls, a perfect setting for a novel about loss.
The casinos, tawdry souvenir shops and tourist attractions, stories of the crazy daredevils who hurled themselves over the falls, tour buses, honeymooners and suicides are all a contrast to the majestic beauty of the Falls.
It’s a place where strange things happen. It’s also a place I am familiar with as friends and I went on writing retreats at the Loretto Centre for years.
We were peaceful in “the nunnery” as I called it, while a short distance away tour buses pulled up at luxurious hotels. It’s also a place where people live. Olde Ontario, I always think. United Empire Loyalists. Humble cottages sit beside larger places. (more…)