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Let the Sufi Flout
Surviving the Summer of ’57 in the Yukon
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At home in Toronto in 1997, sixty-year-old Maude Thorvaldson is jolted back to the most pivotal chapter of her life when a radio interview with an old friend unlocks a rush of Yukon memories—and the girl she used to be. It’s the summer of 1957,...
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The Wheel
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History is more than dates and events on a timeline, more than a handful of significant people who have an impact. It is comprised of the stories of individuals who are often forgotten and full of truths too often elided—until one begins to look...
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John Cabot - Commander
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John Cabot — builder of canals and bridges, devoted husband, and father of three — dreams of wealth and status for his family. But his aspirations leave him overextended, pursued by merciless creditors, and forced to flee Venice with his family....
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Sylvia Plath's Ghost
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Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes were a literary power couple in late 1950's and early 1960's British circles, although Sylvia did not achieve real fame until after her death in 1963. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Sylvia moved to England in 1959 with...
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The Silenced Path
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Based on the true story of Getruda Peters, this poignant, unflinching novel exposes the abuse and neglect she suffered as a resident of a government-run institution in Ontario in the 1980s. After witnessing the brutal murder of her father,...
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Leah
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What happens when a family’s secret reveals a broader story of Jewish survival and loss? In Leah, a forgotten chapter of Toronto’s Jewish immigrant history comes to life. Nineteen-year-old Leah Granatstein arrived in Canada from Poland in the...
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Cruising with Strangers
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After her travel partner is sidelined Marlene embarks on a cruise of the Hawaiian Islands, alone. An anxious, introverted widow, she has reservations about the solo trip but meets a number of interesting shipmates and soon finds herself embroiled...
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The Homesteaders
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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Canadian government advertised homesteading in the Canadian West as a means to a prosperous future. Free land? Who could resist? Never mind the land wasn’t the government’s to give away,...
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No Secrets Among Sisters
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Once at the top of her field, investigative reporter Amelia Collins has been struggling with the loss of her father. When her story exposing political corruption at the highest level is shelved, her temper erupts, putting her career in jeopardy...
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A War, A Life
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A War, A Life chronicles the life and times of the author’s maternal grandfather, a man she never met and knew very little about. By piecing together historical records detailing his military service in the two world wars of the 20th century,...
