What is Left the Daughter

What is Left the Daughter (2010) by Howard Norman. By turns humorous and elegiac, this is a book which carries us back to the war years, specifically the year 1942, when a terrible murder was committed in a small village in Canada. The novel takes epistolary form; it consists of one long letter written by a father to his daughter, telling her how things came to be as they are, and why he has been out of her life for so long. It is also a love story between two cousins, although one was adopted, so it's not all that creepy. It's a short book, and a fascinating read, and in its own small way quite perfect. I enjoyed it a lot. Grade: A