Nosy Parker Book Review - Winnipeg Free Press

Montreal teen’s tale a moving treat

Reviewed by Dave Williamson

From Montreal-born, Cape Breton-based author Lesley Crewe comes a delightfully authentic novel that provides the perfect feel-good distraction. Nosy Parker is the latest offering from the prolific Crewe, who turns to the setting where she grew up — the Notre-Dame-de-Grace section of Montreal — for the story of Audrey Parker.

The novel begins in June 1967, the year of Expo in Montreal. Audrey has just turned 12 and she and her dad have just moved from an apartment into a duplex. She has no memory of her mother, who died years before, and her father has told Audrey little about her…