Media Attention
Stewart Bell, The National Post-Review of My Heart is Not My Own
“…Wuitchik succeeds because of Mariama and her heroic resilience. “I will never be the same,” she writes in her diary. Neither will those who spend time with Wuitchik’s disturbing yet touching novel.” Stewart Bell, The National Post.
Marcia Kaye, The Toronto Star- Review of My Heart is Not My Own
“…illuminating and refreshing to read a novel set in Sierra Leone that, while never shying away from the brutal realities, paints a fuller picture including lush landscapes, powerful women, philosophical men and secret societies, layered through with magic, adventure and sensuality.”–Marcia Kaye, The Toronto Star
“This is why I read: because every once in a while you come across a book that absolutely clobbers you, a book that crushes you, a book that breaks your heart. This is a book you put down with regret, then pick up again later with trepidation. Although the narrator is a man, the main characters are the women; although he tells us the story of his own weakness, the deeper thread we follow is the strength and resilience and compassion of the women.”–reader review, from Goodreads.com
Victoria Times-Colonist-interview with Adrian Chamberlain
Rocky Mountain Outlook, Newspaper Interview
Michael Wuitchik: On Graham Greene and the birth of a novel – National Post
Michael Wuitchik: Beyond the single story – National Post
Michael Wuitchik: On voice – National Post
Michael Wuitchik: On defining moments – National Post
Blog Reviews
The Book Stylist – https://thebookstylist.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/review-my-heart-is-not-my-own-by-michael-wuitchik/
The Library of Found Ink – http://inkwellbook.blogspot.ca/search?q=my+heart+is+not+my+own
Media Resources
Book Club Q & A
Other Praise
“Wuitchik’s alluring novel about the haunted and the hunted captures both love and ferocity in the unhinged setting of war in Africa. An authentic and beautiful read.”
—Richard Heinzl, author and founder of Doctors Without Borders/Medecins sans Frontieres Canada
“My Heart Is Not My Own is not an easy read. But books that compel us to leave the comfort of our worlds to understand the humanity of others seldom are. It is a testament to the strength of Wuitchik’s courageous characters that we are not left without a sense of hope. This is a book worth spending time with.”
—Yejide Kilanko, nationally bestselling author of Daughters Who Walk This Path
“A compelling first novel. Wuitchik writes convincingly about the realities of warfare—without resorting to cliches or political banners.”
—Sikeena Karmali, author of A House by the Sea