Set in a small town in Quebec, Running Downhill Like Water is made up of four interconnected stories spanning fifty years of the lives of four people whose prospects have been violently shattered. Lucy, a perennial misfit, is thwarted...
Loneliness
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Author:Woods, JaneSummary: - Author:Dailey, JanetSummary:
Refuge Cove, Alaska, stays true to its name when a woman who has lost hope and a man in need of healing come to each other's rescue. She'd come to Alaska on the promise of marriage, only to find herself on the run from her...
- Author:Barker, EricSummary:
Eric Barker draws upon science to reveal the truth beyond the conventional wisdom about human relationships. What he's uncovered is surprising, counterintuitive, and timely, and it will change the way you interact in the world and...
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Author:Linden, DianneSummary:13-year-old Nell Mackelwain has to share her mother, a Canadian peacekeeper, with the world, when she just wants her home in Edmonton, helping her deal with the bullies at school.
Nell's trying to be understanding about her...
- Author:Higgins, KristanSummary:
From New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins comes a funny and surprising new novel about losing it all--and getting back more than you ever expected. Lillie Silva knew life as an empty nester would be hard after her only...
- Author:Blue, BeatriceSummary:
A charming story about kindness, friendship, and magic from a rising star picture book creator. How did dragons get their fire? It all began once upon a magical kingdom, where a fearsome dragon stalked the land. The dragon was mean and...
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Author:HELLER, Zo͡Summary:When Sheba Hart joins St George’s as the new pottery teacher, lonely Barbara Covett senses that she has found a kindred spirit. But Barbara is not the only one drawn to Sheba. Before long Sheba is involved in an illicit...
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Author:Beckett, SamuelSummary:Molloy is less a novel than a set of two monologues narrated by Molloy and his pursuer Moran. In the first section, while consumed with the search of his mother, Molloy lost everything. Moran takes over in the second half, describing...
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Author:Munsch, Robert N.Summary:The wind brings Millicent a hoped-for friend.
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Mélie habite seule avec sa mère toujours fatiguée, loin de sa famille restée à l’autre bout du monde, et surtout loin de son papa dont elle ne sait rien. Lorsque Mélie trouve un téléphone intelligent dans le parc, elle commence à...
- Author:Humphrey, AnnaSummary:
Daniel Misumi has just moved to a new house. It's big and old and far away from his friends and his life before. AND it's haunted ... or is it? Megabat was just napping on a papaya one day when he was stuffed in a box and...
- Author:Hill, Susanna LeonardSummary:
In a solar system full of planets, Mars feels all alone. No one has time to play with him. Will he ever get a playmate? Mars' First Friends is a universal story about man' - and Mars' - best friends - our beloved pets. In this sweet...
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Author:Cardenas, Teresa, Unger, DavidSummary:The narrator of Letters to My Mother is a young Afro-Cuban girl who, upon the death of her mother, must live with her aunt and cousins. Dependent on them and their good will, she finds their taunts about how dark her skin is and their...
- Author:Hveberg, KlaraSummary:
Rakel has always been more comfortable with numbers than with people. Attending university, she strikes a relationship with her older teacher Jakob. As her academic career soars, her health declines.
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Author:Robertson, RaySummary:'So,' she says. 'Who died tonight?' Sam Samson, meet Samantha. Sam's a novelist: his dad has Alzheimer's, his mother died of stroke, his wife was killed seventeen months ago in a car crash. Samantha, eighteen, is a cutter. She lives...
- Author:Blackett, Tim.Summary:
A debut short story collection investigating the strange and unexpected intersections of loneliness and connection. From his car, a lonely, heartbroken man secretly watches strangers going about their lives in the comfort of their own...
- Author:Poswolsky, SmileySummary:
Written in short, digestible, action-oriented sections, this book reminds us that nurturing old and new friendships is a ritual, a necessity, and one of the most worthwhile things we can do in life.
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Author:Citra, BeckySummary:Ellie and her little brother Max find themselves moving from their grandmother's comfortable home in England to Upper Canada. Their mother is dead, Father wants to start over again, and in 1835 there are many opportunities for settlers...
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Author:Connolly, KevinSummary:What are we thinking at any given moment? What happens to a thought as that moment, on its way to oblivion, collides with its successor? Rambunctious, witty, joyous, and bittersweet, drift is an investigation conducted by a truly...
- Author:Freeman, Megan E.Summary:
Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prize–nominated poet tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small...
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