Six years after four family members died of arsenic poisoning, the three remaining Blackwoods live together in pleasant isolation, which they ensure through an idiosyncratic system of rules and protective magic. But one day, a stranger...
Compulsive behavior
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Author:DeWitt, PatrickSummary:On the The Scotiabank Giller Prize 2015 Longlist. A love story, an adventure story, a fable without a moral, and an ink-black comedy of manners. Lucien (Lucy) Minor is the resident odd duck in the hamlet of Bury. Friendless and loveless...
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Author:COELHO, PauloSummary:One day a renowned author discovers that his wife, a war correspondent, has disappeared leaving no trace. Though time brings more success and new love, he remains mystified and fascinated by her absence.
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Author:Bentley, KarenSummary:The Power To Stop is for everyone who wants to use the power of non-romantic love to stop an out-of-control behavior, bad habit or addiction. It’s revolutionary because it teaches stopping as a set of four practical, easy skills to be...
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Author:O'Reilly, JaneSummary:Eleven-year-old Cooper Cameron likes things to be in order. When he eats, he chews every bite three times on each side. Sometimes he washes his hands in the air with invisible water. He invented these rituals after the death of his...
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Author:Miller, William R.Summary:Since the initial publication of this breakthrough work, motivational interviewing (MI) has been used by countless clinicians. Theory and methods have evolved apace, reflecting new knowledge on the process of behavior change, a growing...
- Author:Gaston, BillSummary:
Sexe, drogue, alcool, argent, travail, amour… Les personnages excentriques et colorés de ces douze nouvelles sont tous des affamés de plaisirs. S’ils se laissent parfois emporter par la démesure de leurs appétits, c’est dans l’espoir d’...
- Author:St. John Mandel, EmilySummary:
Lilia Albert can't remember many details from her childhood--she just knows she was always on the move. As an adult, she travels compulsively, leaving behind friends and lovers all over the world. But when one man refuses to let go and...
- Author:Wallace, David FosterSummary:
A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest...
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Author:Mate, GaborSummary:Dr. Mate, who for twelve years practiced medicine in Vancouvers notorious Downtown Eastside North Americas most concentrated area of drug use, begins by telling the stories of his patients, who, in their destitution and uniformly tragic...
- Author:McGarry, KatieSummary:
Echoes Between Us is bestselling author Katie McGarry's breakout teen contemporary novel about a girl with everything to lose and the boy who will do anything to save her. Veronica sees ghosts—more specifically, her mother's...
- Author:Lembke, AnnaSummary:
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER "Brilliant… riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued."-Beth Macy, author of Dopesick As heard on Fresh Air. This book is about pleasure. It's also about pain. Most important,...
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About Face: Essays on Addictions, Recovery, Therapies, and Controversies seeks to broaden the conversation around addiction in Canada. Featuring essays by a diverse group of writers, About Face delves into the major categories of...
