On Primrose Street
191 pages | Literary Fiction
Welcome to Primrose Street, where neighbours share close interactions but know very little of each other. Only the maple trees that have lined the road for decades know their decisions, indiscretions, secrets, joys, and pains.
From fifty-year residents Charlie and Cora and their grandson Ronald, to newcomer Sofia and her son Nicolas, to best friends Tabitha and Dayna, the residents of Primrose Street go about their daily lives—shopping, attending school, meeting at cafés, smiling as they pass on the sidewalk—all the while remaining invisible to one another.
Only when an invitation arrives in their mailboxes must the residents of Primrose Street decide whether to allow authenticity into their lives and neighbourhood or remain limited in their relationships and in themselves.
Drawing comparisons to Maeve Binchy and Elizabeth Strout for its clear-eyed characterizations of everyday people, Marina L. Reed’s writing sheds light on questions that haunt us and exposes the poison of secrets. Primrose Street is everyone’s secret, where the ebb and flow of daily experiences bring people together and miracles are still possible.
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ENDORSEMENTS:
“Reed wove together joys, sorrows, relationships, and struggles in a way that was both informative and profound. The effect has lingered in ways that continue to draw me to find parallels all around me. I did not want to put the book down; this will be a book I will return to many times over.”
“A colourful group of characters drew me into this thoughtful story of a group of neighbours and kept me reading right until the end! Twisted together and pulled apart, new connections being made; it was a well woven tale yet seemingly believable. It was so real in parts that I cried, the human experience was well documented. Reading Primrose Street had me thinking about my kids, my parents, and my own relationships. The subject matter is provocative, and makes Primrose Street a very interesting glimpse into the minds of people with different lifestyle choices and experiences. I will be recommending this book to my book club, and I’m sure it will spark a lot of lively discussion!”
“This is a fellow Canadian author who used one of our country’s emblems as a central character in her book—the maple tree and its leaves. For this reason alone, I enjoyed reading Primrose Street; a story about the deeply rooted, goings-on of a Canadian neighbourhood. Although, the first few chapters overwhelm by the sheer number of names used, things eventually begin to weave together quite nicely. The complexities of the characters’ relationships serve as a microcosm for our current world. Their encounters, relations and perspectives remind readers that we are not individual parts, operating solely for ourselves; that we are an entanglement of everyone and everyone’s doings. The message is strong: How we come together as a whole, will ultimately determine the success of humanity.”
