While I worked on my debut novel, Welcome to Sunny Town, about a group of dysfunctional expats living in Japan, I was constantly on the hunt for books about travel, impermanence, and in-between mindsets. I was drawn to characters who felt out of place, who were crossing borders to escape heartache, who were reinventing themselves abroad, or who were struggling to belong in a place they should feel settled.
While I worked on my debut novel, Welcome to Sunny Town, about a group of dysfunctional expats living in Japan, I was constantly on the hunt for books about travel, impermanence, and in-between mindsets.
I was drawn to characters who felt out of place, who were crossing borders to escape heartache, who were reinventing themselves abroad, or who were struggling to belong in a place they should feel settled.
These are a few of my favourite Canadian novels I found along the way, both before and after writing the book.
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While I worked on my debut novel, Welcome to Sunny Town, about a group of dysfunctional expats living in Japan, I was constantly on the hunt for books about travel, impermanence, and in-between mindsets. I was drawn to characters who felt out of place, who were crossing borders to escape heartache, who were reinventing themselves abroad, or who were struggling to belong in a place they should feel settled. These are a few of my favourite Canadian novels I found along the way, both before and after writing the book.
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