NATIONAL BESTSELLER - For readers of All Things Consoled by Elizabeth Hay and They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson, Kiss the Red Stairs is a compelling memoir by award-winning journalist Marsha Lederman delves into her parents'...
Psychic trauma
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Auteur:Lederman, MarshaSommaire: - Auteur:Methot, SuzanneSommaire:
An unflinching reimagining of Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing for young adults. Written specifically for young adults, reluctant readers, and literacy learners, Killing the Wittigo explains the traumatic effects of...
- Auteur:Heltzel, AnneSommaire:
Spine-chilling and sharp, Anne Heltzel's Just Like Mother is a modern gothic from a fresh new voice in horror, and "is set to be one of the year's most talked about books" (Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling...
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Auteur:Fitzpatrick, MeghanSommaire:Invisible Scars provides the first extended exploration of Commonwealth Division psychiatry during the Korean War and the psychiatric-care systems in place for the thousands of soldiers who fought in that conflict. Fitzpatrick...
- Auteur:Urquhart, JaneSommaire:
In the early morning dark, Emer McConnell rises for a day of teaching music in the schools of rural Saskatchewan. While she travels the snowy roads in the gathering light, she begins another journey, one of recollection and...
- Auteur:Hutchinson, Shaun DavidSommaire:
From critically acclaimed Shaun David Hutchinson comes a gritty and raw portrayal of the oftentimes traumatic experience of growing up. Virgil Knox was attacked by a monster. Of course, no one in Merritt believes him. Not even after he...
- Auteur:Roberts, NoraSommaire:
Caitlyn Sullivan had come from a long line of Hollywood royalty, stretching back to her Irish immigrant great-grandfather. At nine, she was already a star--yet still an innocent child who loved to play hide and seek with her cousins at...
- Auteur:Oliver, SallySommaire:
An exquisitely eerie and unsettling speculative novel that grapples with questions of trauma, identity, and the workings of memory. Months after her sister's death, Marianne wakes up to find a growth of thick black hairs along her...
- Auteur:Good, MichelleSommaire:
WINNER: Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction WINNER: Amazon First Novel Awards WINNER: Kobo Emerging Author Prize Finalist: Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalist: Atwood Gibson Writers Trust Prize Finalist: BC & Yukon Book Prize...
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Auteur:Good, MichelleSommaire:Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention. Alone and...
- Auteur:Johnston, E.K.Sommaire:
Hermione Winters is captain of her cheerleading team, and in tiny Palermo Heights, this doesn't mean what you think it means. At PHHS, the cheerleaders don't cheer for the sports teams; they are the sports team--the pride and...
- Auteur:Blooms, AshleySommaire:
Ever since her neighbor William cornered her in the barn, Misty must figure out how to get back to the Misty she was before, in this beautifully honest exploration of healing and of hope.
- Auteur:Atlas, GalitSommaire:
Galit Atlas sheds light on the family secrets and emotions that haunt us like ghosts, keep us from living to our full potential, and create gaps between what we want for ourselves and what we are able to have.
- Auteur:Winch, GuySommaire:
First aid for failure Although we have bandages for cuts, chicken soup for colds, and ice packs for bruises, most of us have no idea how to treat day-to-day emotional injuries such as failure, rejection, and loss. But, as Guy Winch, Ph....
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Auteur:Forrest, Margot Silk, Shapiro, FrancineSommaire:In the past twenty years, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy has successfully treated psychological problems for millions of sufferers worldwide. In this updated edition, Francine Shapiro offers a new...
- Auteur:Polley, SarahSommaire:
Alors qu'elle souffre depuis plusieurs années des séquelles d'une commotion cérébrale, Sarah Polley rencontre un médecin spécialiste qui lui recommande, pour guérir, de pratiquer les activités mêmes qui déclenchent ses...
- Auteur:Johnson, Kimberly AnnSommaire:
Trauma expert Johnson offers an informative view of the human nervous system and how it responds to difficult events. From traumas small to large, she explains how the nervous system both protects us from immediate harm and creates...
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Auteur:Felix, CamonghneSommaire:In this full-length collection of poetry, Camonghne Felix redefines the language of collective and individual trauma through lyric and memory.
- Auteur:Bonnell, YolandaSommaire:
Bug is a solo performance and artistic ceremony that highlights the ongoing effects of colonialism and intergenerational trauma experienced by Indigenous women. It is also a testimony to the women's resilience and strength. The...
- Auteur:Reeves, RogerSommaire:
An incandescent collection that interrogates the personal and political nature of desire, freedom, and disaster. In his brilliant, expansive second volume, Whiting Award-winning poet Roger Reeves probes the apocalypses and raptures of...
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