Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Taste Test of Stumbling Through Paradise: A Feast of Mercy for Manuel del Mundo (Episode 221.625)

On this last Taste Test and episode of the season, Sigi samples Eleanor Guerrero-Campbell's "Stumbling Through Paradise: A Feast of Mercy for Manuel del Mundo" and likens this page-turner to classic saga stories like "The Joy Luck Club" and "Roots: The Saga of an American Family". Sigi finds comfort in this instantly familiar, yet a more robust telling of Filipino Canadian immigration stories. Finally, Sigi exclaims on how you are left wanting more while Guerrero-Campbell offers its readers a contemplation on how Canadian society is trying to be like a slow-cooked and well-balanced soup.
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