Drôles de vacances !!! De gré ou de force, Jean-Louis, Claudette, Léa et d'autres Québécois sont en vacances à Cuba. Ont-ils vraiment besoin de divinités mayas pour rafistoler la toile décousue de leurs relations familiales...
Canadian fiction
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Author:Fleischman, AnneSummary: - Author:Orr, WendySummary:
In Bronze-Age Crete, before horses were common on the island, potter's-daughter Clio continues to raise and train them even though an accident has left her unable to ride. After a series of difficult years in the community, the...
- Author:Malton, H. MelSummary:
In the sequel to Down in the Dumps, Polly finds herself touring as set and puppet designer for a small rural theatre company. When the stage manager mysteriously fails to appear for the first rehearsal, Polly has to step in and do the...
- Author:Poulsen, David A.Summary:
A private investigator and a journalist team up in Calgary to fight for justice. Read the first two books in the exciting western crime series Cullen and Cobb Mysteries. Serpents Rising Private investigator Mike Cobb and journalist...
- Author:Smith, Michael V.Summary:
Cumberland is an industrial town located halfway between Ottawa and Montreal on the shore of the St. Lawrence River. It's facing the close of its factories and mills in the wake of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Ernest, a...
- Author:Dion, CélineSummary:
Rosie, Pat et Michou se débattent avec les secrets d’une longue amitié, leurs amours à la fois émouvantes et complexes, de même que le choc de brusques changements dans une étape de leur vie qu’elles espéraient paisible. Quels pouvoirs...
- Author:Butler, PaulSummary:
In the fall of 1611, John Guy prepares to return from his colony in Cupers Cove, Newfoundland, to Bristol, England, where he plans to woo Eliza Egret, the daughter of one of the principal stockholders of the colonization venture. Guy...
- Author:Fleming, AnneSummary:
A thrilling literary-historical novel with a modern twist, in the vein of Fingersmith by Sarah Waters and Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald. Curiosity begins when a present-day historian discovers a cache of five seventeenth-century...
- Author:Bush, MaureenSummary:
Jane is terrified of the masks hanging along her grandmother's stairwell, and even more scared of the Spirit Man in her grandmother's bathroom. After a week of avoiding him during a summer visit, she finally summons the courage to face...
- Author:Bushkowsky, AaronSummary:
Alex is a playwright suffering from writer’s block and harsh reviews. His best friend, Roy, is a theatre director with lung cancer and six months left to live. In pursuit of fresh air and great wine, they go on a road trip to the...
- Author:Boswell, JoanSummary:
The starter’s gun explodes, and Hollis Grant excitedly begins her very first marathon race, only to stumble almost immediately over a body lying in the road, the body of the Reverend Paul Robertson, her soon-to-be ex-husband. When the...
- Author:Krossing, KarenSummary:
Briar has a vision for the one-act play she's been chosen to direct at her performing arts high school. She's going to create a masterpiece. If only everyone involved in the production shared her vision. Her leading lady is gifted but...
- Author:Boswell, JoanSummary:
Murders and disappearances in one building … but are they connected? Hollis Grant has fashioned a new life for herself with a foster child and a job as resident super of an eight-storey apartment building with a split personality....
- Author:Boswell, JoanSummary:
Danson Lafleur’s been on a crusade to investigate deported criminals who return undetected to Canada, and now he’s missing. Can he be the unidentified man in the morgue? Danson’s desperate sister pleads with artist and amateur sleuth...
- Author:Boswell, JoanSummary:
In the sequel to Cut Off his Tale, Hollis Grant is back, but this time shes in Toronto, hoping for a quiet summer of study. Hollis is a painter, and she hopes to spend some time taking a course in painting at the College of Art from her...
- Author:Ryan, DarleneSummary:
Daniel’s Crazy about Mac. She’s smart, funny, loyal and fiercely independent. The only problem is, when life gets too hard for Mac, she runs away. But she always comes back. Except now Mac’s grandmother is dead, their house is about to...
- Author:Guy, Georges, Bernier, FranceSummary:
Les nouvelles de Cœur atout, qui mettent en scène des petites gens de la Gaspésie et de la Côte-Nord, constituent en quelque sorte une poignée de main aux années cinquante et soixante, la plupart ayant été écrites et publiées dans des...
- Author:Bayegnak, Guy ArmelSummary:
Adolescente passionnée par les questions d'environnement, Evina s'engage à restaurer son établissement scolaire, le lycée de Bangante. Pour réaliser son projet, elle doit frapper aux portes de personnalités importantes de la ville –...
- Author:Hauy, MoniqueSummary:
C’est fou ce que les gens peuvent perdre : des papiers, des bijoux, de l’argent ; les cheveux, les dents, la vue ; les illusions, l’espoir, la vie ; leur identité… Quand Hélène Heden réalise qu’elle n’a vraiment plus rien à perdre, elle...
- Author:Vanderhaeghe, GuySummary:
Among these nine stories: A teenage boy breaks out of the strict confines of his family, his bid for independence leads him in over his head. He learns about life in short order and there is no turning back. An actor's penchant for...
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