2012+The+Way+It+Is


 * [[image:http://www.accessola.org/ola_prod/images/OLA/Forest/BookCovers/whitepinefiction/TheWayItIs.jpg]] || == // The Way It Is // ==
 * Donalda Reid**
 * Second Story Press**

//The Way It Is// is a historical novel full of serious themes written in powerful descriptive language, a great feat for first time novelist Donalda Reid. It’s about racial discrimination and gender inequality, but also about self-discovery, friendship and love. Set in a small town in the British Columbia interior in the 1960s, the story follows Ellen Manery, an academically gifted and self-isolated fifteen-year old who meets Tony Paul, an eighteen year-old who lives on the reserve and their friendship that might blossom into love. ||