Adele Gallogly

Jun 12, 2024 | christiancourier.ca | Adele Gallogly

Welcome to the Sh!t club: a male’s perspective on stillbirth, grief, and lossJason DykstraSeazens Collective, 2023. During the closing prayer at my friend’s memorial a few months ago, the officiating pastor included a request for “the courage to grieve.” This phrase still hovered in my mind as I opened Jason Dykstra’s memoir about the stillborn death of his third child, Ezra.

Dec 25, 2023 | christiancourier.ca | Adele Gallogly

Holy Night and Little Star: A Story for ChristmasMitali PerkinsIllustrated by Khoa LeWaterBrook, 2023. My kids still occasionally request “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” at bedtime, so I thought of the soothing song of simple, distant wonder as I opened Holy Night and Little Star. This book’s Little Star, however, is not distant and her emotions are not simple; she’s a very relatable astronomical object.

Dec 5, 2023 | christiancourier.ca | Adele Gallogly

Buzzing, a graphic novel written by Samuel Sattin, is twelve-year-old Isaac Itkin’s story of navigating the specific challenges of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) alongside the concerns of middle school, such as keeping up his grades, finding solid friendships and responding to the expectations of his family members.

Nov 20, 2023 | christiancourier.ca | Adele Gallogly

FosterClaire KeeganGlove Press, 2022Claire Keegan’s quietly devastating novella reminds me of many of my favourite, long-cherished books – and I find it as captivating as many much longer books. Although Foster’s young and neglected protagonist is not an orphan, her displaced and lonely situation makes me think of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne Shirley and Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre (like Jane, she’s a first-person narrator).

Nov 15, 2023 | sojo.net | Adele Gallogly

Food is so much more than just its physical elements. It tells a story about our cultural traditions, familial love, and hope for the future. Even if you asked just two people to tell you their stories about food, their answers wouldn’t be exactly alike.