"Thelma is not yet six years old at the outset of this tale, and already the world shows no promise of accomodating itself to her desires. Still, Thelma tries - by asking practically every...
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Author: Camilla GibbSummary:Genre: Psychological fiction
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Author: Maeve BinchySummary:
The once sleepy Irish town of Rossmore is a prosperous place nowadays, so busy that a new bypass has been proposed. The people of Rossmore are divided, particularly since the road will go right...
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Author: Harrington, LisaSummary:
When Libby wakes up in the hospital, she's told she's going to be charged in an accident that has left an innocent victim clinging to life. But Libby can remember none of it. She can't even...
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Author: Valtonen, JussiSummary:
Joe Chayefski has got what he always wanted: a reputation as one of America's top neuroscientists, a beautiful wife and two perfect daughters. But his carefully created idyll is threatened...
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Author: Atwood, MargaretSummary:
Three middle-aged women have little in common except Zenia, who slithered into their lives and stole their men, their money and their self-respect. They believe that Zenia died years ago in Beirut...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Humorous fiction -
Author: Rosenthal, Amy KrouseSummary:
Professed "ordinary" person Rosenthal has challenged a Chicago parking ticket on grounds of karma (and won), and had a professional police artist draw sketches of her based on...
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Author: Knight, CheleneSummary:
A riveting exploration of the complexity within mother-daughter relationships and the dynamic vitality of Vancouver's former Hogan's Alley neighbourhood. 1930s, Hogan's Alley--a...
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Author: Atwood, MargaretSummary:
In Good Bones, first published in 1992, Margaret Atwood has fashioned an enthralling collection of parable, monologue, mini-romance and mini-biography, speculative fiction, prose lyric, outrageous...
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Author: Fagan, CarySummary:
In a quaint tourist village, Dorn makes miniature scale models displayed in the local shops. Yet life is far from idyllic; he suffers under the thumb of a rich, philandering younger brother and an...
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Author: Kadarusman, MichelleSummary:
Perspectives of two Indonesian middle-schoolers and a caged orangutan entwine. Wealthy Malia faces the consequences of disobediently circulating an anti-palm-oil petition at her school, resulting...
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Author: Fannie FlaggSummary:
When dowdy housewife Evelyn Couch meets endearing old lady Ninny Threadgoode, she shares with her an enthralling story of two women. The headstrong Idgie and the gentle Ruth who in the 1930's ran...
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Author: Arthurson, WayneSummary:
A little known chapter of wartime Canada, the government maintained several German prisoner-of-war camps in Southern Alberta during World War II. Camp 133 was one of these camps. Veteran Guards...
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Author: Woodley, AaronSummary:
Eleven-year-old Elliot is having a dismal pandemic summer when suddenly he's caught in the bubble of one of his own dreams and is transported to another world, controlled by evil butterflies,...
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Author: MacIsaac, Kathie, Nelson, ColleenSummary:
In this unique kids' guide to careers, be inspired by real people doing all sorts of jobs. You'll also find: Spotlights about real kids exploring cool career paths. Spin-off jobs you may not have...
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Author: Toews, MiriamSummary:
Elf and Yoli are sisters. While on the surface Elfrieda's life is enviable (she's a world-renowned pianist, glamorous, wealthy, and happily married) and Yolandi's a mess (she's divorced and broke...