This short story is taken from the collection Cover Before Striking. The most common phrase in print is “cover before striking,” a warning to those about to innocently strike a match to be careful not to burn their fingers. Uppal’s...
Canadian fiction
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Author:Uppal, PriscilaSummary: - Author:Veilleux, MaudeSummary:
L'astrologie nous attire, parce qu'elle parle de nous. Elle est réponse dans les jours sombres et source d'espoir pour le futur. Un peu de magie pour nous rappeler que nos vies sont meublées d'impondérable, un peu...
- Author:Thúy, KimSummary:
The youngest of four children and the only girl, Vi was given a name that meant 'precious, tiny one,' destined to be cosseted and protected, the family's little treasure. Daughter of an enterprising mother and a wealthy, spoiled father...
- Author:Thúy, Kim.Summary:
Mon prénom, Bào Vi, illustrait l'intention de mes parents de protéger la plus petite . Si l'on traduit littéralement, je suis Précieuse minuscule microscopique . Comme dans la plupart des cas au Vietnam, je n'ai pas...
- Author:Fitzgerald, NatelleSummary:
When Annika Torrey is diagnosed with cancer, she has no one in her life she can turn to. Divorced and estranged from her fundamentalist family, she sells her life insurance policy for cash, hoping to live out her final days in peace....
- Author:Bradshaw, MelSummary:
Homicide becomes more than an academic study for Toronto criminologist Ted Boudreau when his own suburban home is burglarized, with deadly results. Was his computer targetted because of his interest in a secretive biker gang? Teds...
- Author:Ballem, JohnSummary:
Calgary, Canada’s booming oil capital, is caught in the grip of terror as a serial killer with the chilling nickname TLC stalks its streets and pathways. His rampage has put intense pressure on Homicide Detective Chris Crane, the lead...
- Author:Tremblay, MichelSummary:
1898, au cœur des Laurentides. Après sept ans passés au couvent, Victoire tourne le dos à la vie de religieuse qui l'attendait et décide de rentrer à Duhamel pour retrouver son frère Josaphat, orphelin comme elle depuis le décès de...
- Author:Goldemberg, SilvanaSummary:
After losing her parents, 14-year-old Victoria and her young twin brothers move in with their aunt. But shortly afterward, her aunt’s boyfriend attempts to assault her, and she runs away and learns to survive on the dangerous streets of...
- Author:Jenkins, CarrieSummary:
Finalist for the 2022 BC and Yukon Book Prizes. A queer psychological thriller from a beguiling, fresh new voice. Victoria is unraveling. Her best friend is missing, and she's the only one who seems to care: there are clues all over...
- Author:Wilson, JohnSummary:
Jim Doolen discovered his father's fate in Written in Blood and met Billy the Kid in Ghost Moon. Now, in the final installment of The Desert Legends Trilogy, he's a scout for the Army in the middle of a brutal war to force Victorio's...
- Author:Kirby, PeterSummary:
Montreal's Hochelaga district is in the grips of gentrification and its drug dealers and prostitutes are fast disappearing. Inspector Vanier, investigating the brutal death of a drug dealer, suspects the neighbourhood cleanup may...
- Author:Henighan, TomSummary:
Fifteen-year-old Rigg, son of Leif Eriksson, loves mystery and adventure. In the early eleventh century, he finds both of these in abundance when his father sails away and leaves him behind in Vinland, the Vikings' precarious...
- Author:Henighan, TomSummary:
Short-listed for the 2007 Ottawa Book Award for Fiction When 17-year-old Rigg and his friend Ari hang a marauding wolf in the wilds of medieval Greenland, they get much more than they bargained for: a hint of werewolves, glimpses of...
- Author:Dyer, BernadetteSummary:
An artist cooks a Jamaican meal for her straying lover, thinking she might just have the one ingredient that will ensure he never leaves her. A beautiful woman slips into the sea near her Jamaican home and disappears on the eve of a...
- Author:Filiatrault, JohaneSummary:
Il fallait bien du courage pour tout quitter et fonder une ville en pleine nature sauvage ! 1642. Bien qu'à ses débuts, la colonie française en Amérique prend tranquillement de l'expansion. Après Québec et Trois-...
- Author:Duprey Stehlik, Tania, Vuleta Jovanovic, VanjaSummary:
When Violet's father comes to pick her up at school, one of her classmates asks: How come your Dad is blue and you're not? Violet comes to appreciate the beauty of being different.
- Author:Van Tol, AlexSummary:
Mike has fallen for his best friend Lindsay. And he’s pretty sure she feels the same way, until a simple misunderstanding destroys Lindsay’s trust. When Lindsay ends up in a compromising situation, someone is filming the whole thing,...
- Author:Fadanni, LaurentSummary:
Corsé, généreux, vif... Dans ce recueil enivrant de vingt nouvelles, Laurent Fadanni, poète et vigneron, laisse Bacchus lui inspirer des personnages savoureux et hauts en couleur. Ainsi, un vin frais et léger tel qu'un...
- Author:Villeneuve, GisèleSummary:
Visiting Elizabeth follows a friendship that begins and ends with a needle. Elizabeth teaches Ariane to speak her mind. So when Elizabeth is struck and killed by a car, Ariane vows to speak for two. Soon, a hybrid language rolls off her...
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