Fiction, World Literature / Canada
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Unraveled
by Tom Hamilton
In her forties, divorced, with two wonderful sons and a loving partner, Ann has finally found some semblance of order in her life. But then she meets John, a seemingly chance encounter on her daily train commute to work. Their lives become...
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The Ambition
by Yvonne Blackwood
In the hustle and bustle of 1990s Toronto, John Cippione and his older brother Carmine take over their hard-working Italian immigrant father’s small heating and air-conditioning company. John is determined to propel the business into the big...
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DIY Home
by Lorraine McQueen
It’s Georgie’s fiftieth birthday, and she’s running headfirst into a whopping mid-life crisis. Daughter of a minister and a high school principal, Georgie is a perpetual do-gooder who has spent her entire life putting others first—right down to...
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Israfel
by Anthea McLean
"Laura come with me,” said Israfel, “if you are not happy, I will bring you back!" Laura, an American rancher who raises horses in rural BC with her musician husband, Jesse lead a rather quiet life. One day while out riding her horse in the...
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A Hyphenated Life
by Sylvia Barnard
Caught between the pressure to be a good Canadian girl, her duty to her immigrant parents, and her own personal desires, Angelika Langer must learn to translate not just the three languages she speaks, but also her own inner voice. Her parents...
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Connections
by John Connolly
RELATIONSHIPS HAVE THE POWER TO PROFOUNDLY IMPACT OUR LIVES in ways we never could have anticipated—and take us to places we least expect. This collection of short stories explores the euphoria of newfound love, the agony of loss, and the...
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Pathfinder
His priority of getting to WW2 became bringing everyone home by Lionel Bennett
In the spring of 1940, on a path barely lit by a thin, crescent moon, a schoolteacher with a hard-held dream sets out on a sixteen-mile trek through Ontario bush. Arriving in time to catch the midnight train, he settles in for the ride to...
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La femme qui ne pouvait pas parler
by Maria de Andrade
Les trois dernières années n’ont pas été faciles pour Monique, une psychologue à la retraite. En premier, il y a eu deux années de COVID-19 qui ont interrompu nos vies. Ensuite, son chien âgé est décédé et elle a dû accepter que ce fut pour le...
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The '37
Rebels and Lovers in Old Canada by John Kalbfleisch
Why does young, reform-minded lawyer George-Étienne Cartier join an armed uprising only to later reject violence as a means to achieve responsible government for Canada? In 1837, Lower Canada seethes with discontent. After savage rioting in...
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Origins
by Cheryl Lynn
Every family has its legends and myths—a history filtered through the lens of beliefs and values and embroidered for retelling. This origin story is of the fictional Davis family, English immigrants determined to farm in Canada’s North-West...
