A compelling, harrowing, but ultimately uplifting story of resilience and self-discovery. "A Two-Spirit Journey" is Ma-Nee Chacaby’s extraordinary account of her life as an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian. From her early, often harrowing memories...
Canada Reads 2025 (Finalists)
In this collection you will find the finalists for CBC Canada Reads 2024. Learn more about the finalists on the CBC Canada Reads website. Browse the long list here. Thanks to CBC's support since 2016, we have been able to release accessible formats simultaneously with the announcement of the program shortlist. For more information, please visit the CBC Canada Reads website.
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Author:Chacaby, Ma-Nee, Plummer, Mary LouisaSummary: - Author:Liew, Jamie Chai YunSummary:
Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award winner: an Asian woman traces her mother's past journey in order to learn who she really is and where she belongs. When Lily was eleven years old, her mother, Swee Hua, walked away from the family,...
- Author:Hooper, EmmaSummary:
Eighty-two-year-old Etta has never seen the ocean. So early one morning she takes a rifle, some chocolate, and her best boots, and begins walking the 3,232 kilometers from Saskatchewan to Halifax. Her husband Otto wakes to a note left...
- Author:Johnston, WayneSummary:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE CBC Consummate storyteller and bestselling novelist Wayne Johnston reaches back into his past to bring us a sad, tender and at times extremely funny memoir of his Newfoundland...
- Author:Bailey, Samantha M.Summary:
A tense psychological thriller about a mother who must keep watch at all times if she wants to keep her family safe—from USA Today and #1 national bestselling author Samantha M. Bailey. Wherever you go... she'll be watching. Sarah...
