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My Restless Thoughts
A Novel
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Robert and Peter Crenshaw, who are the sons of an abusive father and an overwhelmed mother, grow up in the same circumstances, but follow opposite paths. Robert attempts to escape his past through academic excellence while Peter descends into a...
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One Piece out of Place
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In the summer of 1996, 15-year-old Alex heads down to his family’s favourite campground in Squamish. This year, though, is different; an unexpected connection with a girl he meets there changes the shape of his heart—and his life—forever. It’s...
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Age of Reason
Stories
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Speaking in the voices of a broad cast of characters, from a retiree who has left her husband five times, to a carpenter in his thirties, to a seven-year-old child making his First Communion, Speak moves smoothly between male and female...
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The Last Letter
A Klondike Goldrush Murder Spawns a Dynasty...and Destroys a Family
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The Last Letter is an epic tale of the rise and fall of the fictional Carmichael dynasty through three generations, during a period of explosive growth of the Pacific Northwest. During a punishing drought in the Midwest in 1898, a young...
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The Seduction of Edith
The Prairie Years
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The Seduction of Edith: The Prairie Years follows Edith Mary Williams, a young bride who leaves her home in Wales for the harsh and unfamiliar landscape of early-1900s Manitoba. As she struggles to adapt to life in a sod house, the demands of...
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Mattawa Broken Dreams
Memoirs of a New Ontario Country Doctor
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In 1889, Dr. Sylvain de Caseneuve arrives in New Ontario, a region recently opened to settlers, many of whom are French-Canadians. Swept up by the spirit of Mattawa's thriving community, his many endeavours to offer physical and moral care are...
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Our Pursuit of Happiness
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Following the American War for Independence, Betsy Green and her husband, Charles—who fought with the Loyalists—are relentlessly persecuted by their neighbours and fear they can no longer remain in New Jersey. Having traversed the land between...
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Sons of Tecumseh
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Indigenous history repeats itself The legendary Tecumseh was the first North American Indian leader to attempt to unite tribes and thwart the relentless intrusion of colonial settlement. He died fighting for his cause, having been betrayed by...
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The Prodigal Son
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Warren Wilcox, as a child, develops antipathy toward everything Nigerian when he learns about the rejection of his Canadian family by his Nigerian grandfather. As a physician, he works tirelessly in his pursuit of bettering the world. While...
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Money Boss
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In 1976, John Rager, the newly arrived Indian Affairs Grayson District commerce officer lives alone in a rooming house with a deep secret. He soon discovers that many other people within the agency have secrets. What changes everything is the...
