What Readers Are Saying
The truest measure of any story is how it lives on in the reader.
Here are reflections from those who have journeyed through Robyn Gerland’s novels - voices shaped by memory, history, and lived experience.
Reviews
All These Long Years Later
“An absolute delight...bubbles with energy...remarkable insight into the reasoning
for each character’s words and thoughts...a feast for any reader fascinated by
human nature...one of the best descriptions of the ‘50s I’ve ever read...a rare
talent.”
— Sylvia Holt, author and journalist
Hand-me-downs
​
“A truly excellent exploration of a family’s genealogical DNA, told in a riveting
narrative.”
— Dawn Morris, M.D, researcher and contributor to the publications of The
Society of Genealogists and the Genealogical Research Institute (GRI)
​
Change — The Face of Time
“A fascinating historical fiction who done it...the people of Bowen Island are
going to be very proud to have this account of their island’s history.”
— Joey Caro, author and chairman of the Penelakut Tribe Elders Committee,
Archival Researcher and Communications Manager for the Hul’qumi’num Treaty.
​
Caught in the Current
“A skillfully woven tale of one family’s multigenerational journey with Dementia.”
— Dr. P. Manhas, M.D, FCFP
***
“... the reader experiences the world of dementia, through both
generations - the elder with alzheimer’s disease and the caregiving
grandaughter. Gerland is a skilled storyteller, and at the end of the book I
was both smiling with pleasure and sad to see it end. Highly
recommend.”
— Jean Ballard, BA, MA, sociologist, lecturer, author, blogger