Stephen Kimber

WHAT REVIEWERS ARE SAYING ABOUT SWEETNESS IN THE LIME

  • a quietly powerful novel

    “The Sweetness in the Lime is a quietly powerful novel—poignant with the sorrow of great loss, uplifting with the joy of discovery. It is also a novel that often takes the reader by surprise… Eli Cooper’s gradual awakening into a more complete life reminds us that, though the path to happiness is strewn with obstacles, and though you often can’t see what’s around the next corner, setting out on the journey is sometimes a risk worth taking.”

    —Ian Colford
    Miramichi Reader

  • engrossing tale

    “Part love story, part mystery, this engrossing tale of Cuban Canadian connections avoids cliches and gets to the heart of what can happen when we cross borders.”

    —Karen Dubinsky
    Cuba Beyond the Beach: Stories of Life in Havana

  • skeptical yet tender

    “The details of Kimber’s characters’ lives are wrapped around the architecture of Havana, Halifax, and Miami, and the complex cultures and politics of each. Skeptical yet tender and generous, this is a tense, honest and moving tale of latter- life love in the time of post-colonial globalization. You won’t want to put it down.”

    —Chris Benjamin
    Boy with a Problem

  • vividly drawn, intriguing, lyrical

    “Vividly drawn, intriguing, lyrical, funny and always entertaining, The Sweetness in the Lime is a story about home, friendship, loss and new beginnings; about second chances and the power of loyalty and abiding love.”

    —Carmen Rodríguez
    Retribution

  • hard to put down

    “Both a tender love story and a moving, insightful glimpse into the world of people moving in, and between, two different cultures—Canadian and Cuban. I enjoyed it immensely, and found it hard to put down.”

    —John Kirk
    Professor, Latin American Studies

  • infused with hope

    “… infused with hope—that what we do and who we are really matters, that second chances are possible, and so too is a better world.”

    —Kerry Clare
    4th Shelf

LATEST POSTS

  • The Wayne Hankey case

    20 February 2021

    When former King’s College professor Wayne Hankey was charged in an historic sexual assault case earlier this month, it raised questions about what happened — and why — after he was accused of similar behaviour 30 years ago. I can still remember where I was when I heard the news: in the Senior Common Room […]

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    Halifax Examiner

  • Save our forests? Not now. We’re too busy destroying them

    6 February 2021

    A lawyer for logging contractors says there’s a time and place to discuss concerns about forest harvesting practices. But the courtroom isn’t either. Which begs a few questions. What is the time? Where is the place? A protester in Santa costume at the Nova Scotia forestry blockade. (Facebook) “There is a time and place to […]

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    Halifax Examiner

  • Reckoning with racism

    30 January 2021

    Following the death of George Floyd, the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society joined much of the rest of the world in declaring itself against anti-Black racism. But the society now must grapple with its own recent history and what lawyer Laura McCarthy calls the “discrimination dirt still under their rug.” On June 3, 2020, the Nova […]

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    Halifax Examiner

STEPHEN KIMBER, a Professor of Journalism at the University of King's College in Halifax and co-founder of its MFA in Creative Nonfiction Program, is an award-winning writer, editor and broadcaster. He is the author of two novels and eight non-fiction books. Buy his books here or at Amazon.
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