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

  • Nova Scotia Power: changing standards to match declining performance

    4 December 2021

    Our power company hasn’t met regulator-required customer service and reliability standards for the past four years. Instead of improving its performance, NSP wants to change the standards by which it is judged. Nova Scotia Power has failed to meet regulator mandated customer service and reliability standards for four years in a row. One. After. The. […]

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    Halifax Examiner

  • Turmoil continues at the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society

    26 November 2021

    Two more members of the society’s council resigned this month as the self-governing organization charged with regulating the legal profession continues to grapple with accusations of systemic discrimination in its ranks. I am writing to provide my notice of resignation from [the Bar Society] Council, effective immediately. I am resigning as a result of the […]

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    Halifax Examiner

  • Richard Goldbloom: What brought him to Halifax?

    21 November 2021

    Dr. Richard Goldbloom, an iconic figure in pediatric care in Canada and the first Chief of Pediatrics at Halifax’s Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children, died on November 18, 2021, at the age of 96. He was a major figure in the development of the IWK and in the book I wrote about the hospital’s […]

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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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