THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY
Montreal writer Ann Diamond is collecting accounts and stories from survivors who, as children, were involved in secret medical experiments at McGill or elsewhere including military facilities in and around Montreal.
If you think this could be your story — i.e., if you suspect you were one of these children — please write: anndiamond2002 at yahoo.ca
Yellow Door featured writer, ANN DIAMOND will read from her recent work Saturday, September 9, 2006, at 12:05 PM, on Arts Notebook (Radio CINQ Centre Ville Station 102.3 FM) with host, STAN ASHER.
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Ann Diamond's MY COLD War is a story of growing up in Montreal during the 1950s and 60s in the shadow of secret mind control experiments.
Advance copies are available for $20 at The Word Bookstore on Milton, Concordia University's Coop Bookstore, and Encor'Lire at 4810 Weliington in Verdun. Please go to:
http://anndiamond.net
MY COLD WAR by Ann Diamond is now at
http://www.lulu.com/diamondback
REVIEWS
MY COLD WAR is extremely fluid and well written, honest, engaging and fascinating, not only because of its hair-raising subject matter but also the colourful and intimate descriptions of family life and the rich historic sweep of the narrative built up gradually in tiny brush-strokes on a wide canvas.
These descriptions and honest personal introspection from the vantage point of adulthood (interpreting the recollections of childhood-adolescence) give the other darker story its proper depth and context. They serve to heighten suspense and the poignancy of what is to come. The text reads beautifully (masterful, poetic and also humorous from time to time), with logical, detailed and carefully worded facts, insights and impressions that 'ring true' as the story gradually unfolds
MCW was a compelling read from start to finish...The finale was particularly strong, lyrical and emotional, finishing on a haunting note. Quite an achievement. Bravo!
Christina Manolescu, Publisher, Founder: Invisible Cities Network.