This novel is written as a fictional diary of Erika’s one-year stay in Vancouver from the April she arrives through the next (second) April. To read the novel, click on the links below. After reading all the diary entries available via one link, return to this Table of Contents to open the next link.

Volume One

Vancouver Memories:

A Certain Attraction

APRIL DIARY ENTRIES 1-6.pdf

# 1—Leaving Home

# 2—Arriving in Vancouver

# 3—Visiting the School

# 4—Placement Test & Band Rehearsal

# 5—First Day of Class

# 6—Attending Movie after First Week

APRIL DIARY ENTRIES 7-10.pdf

# 7—Party at Our Teacher’s Place

# 8—Visiting Deep Cove

# 9—Unwanted Attention at Whistler

#10 —The Gig

MAY DIARY ENTRIES 1-7.pdf

# 1—Losing Song at QE Park

# 2—Conversation at School

# 3—Mother’s Day Dinner

# 4—Surviving Kayaking in Deep Cove

# 5—Going to a Club

# 6—Kits Beach Barbecue

# 7—Skydiving in Richmond

MAY DIARY ENTRIES 8-11.pdf

# 8—Swimming/Touring UBC

# 9—Goodbye Dinner for Sabine

#10—Sabine’s Airport Departure

#11—Birthday Party & Seawall Walk with??? Sandy

JUNE DIARY ENTRIES 1-8.pdf

# 1—Boat Trip to Bowen Island

# 2—Beginning Drawing Course

# 3—Group Visits Apartment before Dinner

# 4—Noboru at Apartment before Movie

# 5—Expedition to Crescent Beach & White Rock

# 6—Sandy Views My Drawings

# 7—Family Wedding & Lettering at Sandy’s House

# 8—Final Drawing Class

JULY DIARY ENTRIES 1-4.pdf

# 1—Canada Day Celebrations

# 2—Barbecue at Mary’s Parents’ House

# 3—Lantern Parade at Trout Lake

# 4—Vancouver Folk Music Festival

JULY DIARY ENTRIES 5-8.pdf

# 5—Victoria Weekend

# 6—Meeting Sandy after Performance

# 7—Second Day in Victoria

# 8—Reconsidering Craigdarroch Castle

# 9—Whale Watching & Exploring Long Beach

AUGUST DIARY ENTRIES 1-6.pdf

# 1—Fireworks Night with Classmates

# 2—Fireworks from Sandy’s House

# 3—Pride Parade & Lighthouse Park

# 4—Classmates’ Suspension from School

# 5—Sing-along on English Bay Beach

# 6—Trip to Galiano Island

AUGUST DIARY ENTRIES 7-11.pdf

# 7—Babysitting Noel with Sandy

# 8—Hiking in Lynn Canyon

# 9—Vancouver Jazz Festival

#10—Spanish Banks Picnic

#11—Climbing the Grouse Grind

SEPTEMBER DIARY ENTRIES 1-8.pdf

# 1—Touring the Rocky Mountains

# 2—Mary’s Out-of-Town Guest

# 3—Se-Eun and Daniel’s Graduation Party

# 4—Airport Goodbyes

# 5—Attending a Play in Deep Cove

# 6—Photographing Sunrise at Coal Harbour

# 7—Seattle Disappointment

# 8—Viewing Art Exhibits in West Vancouver

Volume Two

Vancouver Memories:

A Certain Commitment

OCTOBER DIARY ENTRIES 1-8.pdf

# 1—Impromptu Dinner with Sandy

# 2—Canadian Thanksgiving

# 3—Vancouver International Film Festival

# 4—Attending the Symphony

# 5—Sandy’s Parents’ Anniversary Party

# 6—Halloween Preparations

# 7—School’s Halloween Party

# 8—Confronting Noboru the Day After

NOVEMBER DIARY ENTRIES 1-8.pdf

# 1—Yoko’s Warning

# 2—Museum of Anthropology/Sandy’s Betrayal?

# 3—City Hall/Disturbing Phone Call

# 4—Reconciling with Noboru on Bowen Island

# 5—Going Away Party for Noboru

# 6—Making Christmas Cards

# 7—Carol Singing at the Library

# 8—Hockey Game Discovery

DECEMBER DIARY ENTRIES 1-6.pdf

# 1—Carol Ship Event on Ryan’s boat

# 2—Rainy Night Movie at UBC

# 3—Sandy Visits while I’m Sick

# 4—Confronting Sandy’s Past

# 5—Lantern Parade/Decorating Christmas Tree

# 6—Night Walk with Sandy

DECEMBER DIARY ENTRIES 7-12.pdf

# 7—Lunch Alone with Juliana

# 8—Celebrating Christmas Eve

# 9—Seeing Sandy on Christmas Day

#10—Boxing Day on Sunshine Coast & at Sandy’s House

#11—Claudia Visits School

#12—New Year’s Eve Celebrations

JANUARY DIARY ENTRIES 1-3.pdf

# 1—New Year’s Day Polar Bear Swim and Dinner

# 2—Girls’ Night Out

# 3—Attending Chinese New Year’s Parade

FEBRUARY DIARY ENTRIES 1-6.pdf

# 1—Accident on Whistler

# 2—Noboru in his Cast

# 3—Valentine’s Day Gig

# 4—Parents’ Arrival in Vancouver

# 5—Dinner for Mom and Dad

# 6—Taking My Parents to Art Gallery

FEBRUARY DIARY ENTRIES 7-12.pdf

# 7—Flying to Toronto

# 8—Toronto Gallery Hopping

# 9—Photographing in Toronto Sculpture Park

#10—Overnight Stay at Niagara Falls

#11—Return to Vancouver

#12—Sandy’s Devastating Confession

MARCH DIARY ENTRIES 1-6.pdf

# 1—Separation after “Don’t Call”

# 2—Escape to Deep Cove

# 3—Contact Sandy?

# 4—Sandy Phones

# 5—Picnic in the Snow

# 6—Our First Weekend

MARCH DIARY ENTRIES 7-12.pdf

# 7—Letter from UBC

# 8—Dinner at Sandy’s House

# 9—Chance Meeting on Seawall

#10—Overnight Blizzard on Grouse Mountain

#11—Hospital Recovery & Staying at Sandy’s

#12—Visiting Sandy at Home

Second APRIL DIARY ENTRIES 1-6.pdf

# 1—St. Patrick’s Day Celebration

# 2—My Hilarious Birthday Party

# 3—Visiting Studio and Taking My Luggage to Sandy’s House

# 4—Hearing Sandy’s Plan

# 5—Morning Graduation Ceremony

# 6—Attending UBC Architecture Lecture

Second APRIL DIARY ENTRIES 7-12.pdf

# 7—My Graduation Dinner

# 8—Mary’s Art Installation Opening

# 9—The Graduation Dance

#10—Last Morning on Beach and Seawall

#11—Final Breakfast with Mary

#12—Heading Home