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Welcome to the May edition of the Buy Canadian First Book Club and Happy Victoria Day! Don't forget to "Like" the Buy Canadian First Book Club on Facebook, where we discuss the books and authors and choose what we will read next. You can also find out who won today's giveaway, next Monday, when we share our interview with this week's author, Catherine McKenzie!

Catherine McKenzie was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec and is a graduate of McGill University and McGill Law School. Catherine, if you can believe it, practices law in Montreal as well as being the author of three novels!

Her novel "Spin" is about a woman spying on a celebrity in rehab; her novel "Arranged" is about a dating service turned arranged marriage service. Wait until I tell you about this month's book, "Forgotten"! She has come up with the most unique and interesting premise for this novel and I will be adding her other books, "Spin" and "Arranged" to my reading list soon!

"Forgotten" is about a lawyer, Emma, who's mother passes away. Emma's mother leaves Emma a gift, a ticket to travel to Africa, a place her mother was obsessed with and always wanted to visit. While in Africa, Emma falls sick, and then an earthquake happens, cutting her off from the rest of the world. Emma is off the grid and unable to find her way back home for six months! Upon her return, she finds that she was presumed dead and that her apartment has been rented, her cases at work given away, all her possessions gone and her boyfriend may have moved on - can you even imagine?

Emma must go through many trials and heartaches to get some of her life back and she wonders if she even wants it back. This is such a thought-provoking and interesting situation, a perfect conversation starter and an awesome book to read with friends. As a matter of fact, since reading it, I've told many friends about the story line and we've chatted about how we would react, how we think our family would react, even yelled at our husbands for no good reason...ha ha... This is one novel to read and share right away so you can all discuss it. A great book club book!

Contest Giveaway:

Here's a chance to win your own copy of Catherine McKenzie's book, "Forgotten" and read along with us! The winner will be announced here when we share my interview with Catherine McKenzie, next week. Just answer the following question in the comment section below to qualify. Be sure to share the contest with your friends and family as well. Comments are moderated, so don't panic if your comment doesn't show up right away! Good luck!

Thank you to HarperCollins Canada for providing the giveaway copy. Follow HarperCollins Canada on twitter, on Facebook, and check out their website, The Savvy Reader, for more bookish fun.

How would you feel if you won a trip and came back to find that you were presumed dead?

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. CONGRATS TO OUR WINNER!

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By Catharine May 21, 2012

Very interesting question. I am hoping that my daughters would have searched for me until there was proof and closure. If not, I am anticipating that I could resume my life with friends and family.

By janicemontroy May 22, 2012

it would sadden me that my kids would have to go through that but at the same time it would give me an understanding of how they would get through it when that day should happen

By AnuChopra May 22, 2012

I guess I would feel non-existant and frustrated. If my close friends and family moved on without me, well I would feel angry that I was not part of their lives .. and time went on without me.

By KimBarrett May 22, 2012

I would have to see it from the point of view of those who had done the "presuming". My return is going to be a bit of a shock to them...but if my apartment's been rented, someone had better get over the shock and give me a place to stay! (Also, after only 6 months, my husband had better still be in mourning!)

By SueP May 23, 2012

So many emotions come to mind - shocked that the assumption was made, crushed that my family accepted the decision so readily (after all six months is really not a long time), saddened that all my possessions were gone as there would have been a lot of memories in them, and scared about starting over again.

By AmberSmith May 23, 2012

I would be heartbroken to find out that people gave up on me so easily. I guess it all relates to the circumstance but well all secretly hope that our loved ones would never give up the search.

By ChristineY. May 23, 2012

Definitively frustrated and devastated. Like the world had moved on without me, so very easily, that I was insignificant and replaceable.

The book sounds very original and interesting, hope to be able to read it soon :)

By SYLVIEMCWILLIAMS May 23, 2012

LIKE MY CAT ...PUSSES WENT MISSING FOR A FEW DAYS AND THE KIDS WERE SO DISTRAUGHT THAT WE WENT OUT AND GOT ANOTHER KITTEN. WHEN PUSSES CAME HOME, HE WAS VERY DEPRESSED AND ANGRY TO FIND ANOTHER CAT EATING HIS FOOD AND USING HIS FAVORITE SPOT TO SNOOZE...

By LynnAndersen May 23, 2012

I would wonder how life "at home" was and then to find out I was presumed dead would be interesting. I would hope my husband would make an honest attempt to find out where I was and what happened

By JeannetteLaframboise May 24, 2012

Sad to say... but I would probably be mighty amused initially, but certainly curious to find out how such information came to be. Perhaps a little annoyed that my family didn't pursue it either. Basically, I think my emotions would run the gamut.

By SherryFraser May 24, 2012

Wow, what a question. If that happened to me it would be a profound shock and hopefully an impetus to start my life anew.....hope it never actually happens to me thought.

By TinaC May 24, 2012

Heartbroken, shock, and many other emotions! I'd be completely helpless without my family so I will do everything I can to get things straightened out and back to its normal path.

By CharleneVidal May 24, 2012

I would be very frantic and upset for the suffering my family must have had to endure presuming I was dead. I would have to find them right away and let them know I was ok.

By TiMahon May 24, 2012

Tough question! I think I'd be sad that they'd moved on and heartbroken that they had to grieve my loss. However, I think that I'd find a way to re-establish myself in their lives. A new job would likely be a necessity, but I'm sure family would be more than happy to have me back!

By ZaraGarcia-Alvarez May 24, 2012

I'd most likely be in denial first and then deeply grieved that my family would have stopped their search only after six months. I'd most likely feel panic at the loss of "control" over my own life; that my life as it existed was so easily replaceable and so quickly.

I'd probably be most hurt if my husband quickly found another partner and that my children somehow felt solace in this new "mother-figure." Yikes! Just thinking about it makes me anxious---and angry!

Did I mention anger? Include that, too. Denial, grief, panic, anxiety, and anger.

But, another side of me might feel somewhat relieved, too. To be able to start fresh, disappear to those I no longer wish to have a relationship with. There's a wonderful advantage in starting over. That might happen once I'm able to reconnect with those most important to me before my disappearance.

By AliyaDaya May 26, 2012

OMGosh... I would probably be bemused, befuddled and at a complete loss if I came back from a trip only to find out that I was presumed dead. To suddenly find everything that you knew and were comfortable with taken away would be devastating; I would have hoped that my family and friends had searched for me, grieved for me, but I think I would still be completely shocked...

By RhondaGreig May 27, 2012

That could happen with me...ha,ha. I live with a rare cronic illness and have almost died twice. The rumors that went around our small town then were laughable. Gotta have a sense of humor. Time would certainly straighten the mistake out I'd assume.

By MaeganMorin May 28, 2012

Wow what a question! If it were 10 years ago I think I would have been thrilled. I would have just walked away and found my own place. But nowadaysI think I would be devastated and very relieved to see my family again.