Family & Relationships
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23 Dates with My Dead Dad
by Corey McAuliffe and Spirit
What if death is not an ending, but a doorway to a more profound connection? When Corey McAuliffe’s father died, she thought their cherished monthly dates would end forever. But when the number 23 began appearing everywhere—on receipts, clocks,...
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Collective Souls
by J. Marshall
What if the path to healing your past begins with accepting your child for who they truly are? Collective Souls is a powerful, fictionalized account of four women learning to reclaim their voices. Set in rural 1980s Canada, the story unfolds...
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Stone Walls
An Ugly Duckling Story: An adoptee’s search for identity, “family,” and understanding by Sandra Patricia
Sandra Patricia grew up unwanted and unloved, only to become pregnant and give a daughter up for adoption. A few months later, Sandra is horrified to discover that she was adopted specifically to keep her adoptive parents from divorcing. Their...
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A Thousand Lies
by Laura Chapman
One night, you find yourself outside your husband’s new apartment—an apartment he moved into just weeks before, supposedly to “work on your marriage”—knowing that he is inside with another woman. Where did it all go so wrong? How did you get...
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Momentum
A Memoir by Emily Brown
In this poignant memoir, Emily Brown takes readers on a quest for belonging through a labyrinth of family secrets and hidden wounds. Spanning from her childhood in Beverly Hills to her adult years in Canada, Momentum delves into the challenges of...
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10 Days in December
. . .where dreams meet reality by Eleanor Deckert
In 1978, 20-year-old newlyweds, practical Kevin and idealistic Eleanor, explore the Canadian mountains in their VW van, find land, and build a tiny log cabin. Setbacks and self-denial test their love and commitment. For 4 months: Kevin builds,...
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If I am Brave Enough
by Cristina Saunders
I met Jake in the springtime . . . So begins Cristina’s story, a story of love and marriage, but also abuse and violence. Cristina met Jake when she was on the rebound, not looking for anything serious. And he seemed like the perfect guy: he was...
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When Time Stands Still
A collection of poems about birth, stillbirth and rebirth by Rose Pearce
Now, I know death’s canter With each out-breath I wait for his horse Thundering through the valley Flying between hoof beats Sun and I, drumming the earth Separation and grief, oneness and connection—two radically different experiences of losing...
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Timberland
The Story of William Perry: The Man Who Saved the Life of Henry Ford by Allen E. Walls
“A man came up behind Henry Ford with an axe and was going to kill him. William Perry grabbed the axe out of the man’s hands and then Mr Ford said, you have a job with me for life, and he did - until the day he died.” Excerpt from the oral...
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The Secret Language of Autism
Fostering Presence-Based Connection Through Creative Congruence Time (CCT) and Expressive Arts by Ellen Eun Young Yang
The Secret Language of Autism introduces a compassionate, creative approach to supporting inclusive care of autistic and neurodiverse individuals through Creative Congruence Time (CCT). Centred on presence, emotional attunement, and expressive...
