Bubsy

Marc Portelance is a graduate business student and researcher at
Laurentian University.

Bubsy is a young boy with a problem—he must share a room with his
older brother Steve, who is at an age that accords little importance to
empathy. A sister and ever-occupied parents round out the immediate
family.

This family of five lives in a three-bedroom house, complete with an
art room for mother’s work and a room in which father does his
writing. Both parents profess to need their rooms, as both are
self-employed and need space in which to practice their crafts.

Bubsy has a natural ally in his Aunt Kate, an actress and director by
profession, and a bit of an agitator by predilection. Together Bubsy and
Kate plan ways to make his plight more obvious to his parents, who are
oblivious to the situation, and appear to have given little thought to
their family’s changing needs. When a decision is made with respect to
Bubsy’s plight, it is for Steve’s sake!

While Bubsy’s dilemma is real enough in our society, this novel
presents an unrealistic resolution to that dilemma. Not a first-choice
purchase.