Crippled by polio, young Winnie Molly has little to look forward to in life. Her father, Trevor, adores her but she is neglected by her feckless mother, Grace. When war comes, Trevor is called up. He fears for Winnie, yet Sandy, who...
Sagas
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Author:HARRIS, RosieSummary: - Author:Crewe, LesleySummary:
Born into a basket of clean sheets - ruining a perfectly good load of laundry - Emmeline never quite fit in on her family's rural Nova Scotian farm. After suffering multiple losses in the First World War, her family became so heavy...
- Author:Jackson, DemethiusSummary:
The Realmsic Conquest - Book Two. The compelling saga of the world's only magical kingdom continues... The Realm cannot celebrate peace. War ignites yet again when an advanced enemy invades the kingdom. During the attack, the Realmsic...
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Author:Gilmour, DavidSummary:Like a tourist visiting his own life, David Gilmour's narrator journeys in time to reexamine those critical moments that created him. He revisits the terrible hurt of a first love, the shock of a parent's suicide, the trauma of a best...
- Author:Matthews, JamesSummary:
The Mean Time is a work of literary fiction set in Corner Brook about how people allow their pasts to shape and define them – in holding on to dread, regret, and pain. The death of Will Johnston shakes the community to its foundations,...
- Author:Morrissey, DonnaSummary:
Kyle is still mourning his dead older brother, Chris. But soon the murder and drowning of a local bully, Clar Gillard, proves more than distracting as the police cordon off the Now house. The victim's blood was found on the family...
- Author:Fitzpatrick, JamieSummary:
***2018 RELIT AWARD: LONG SHORTLIST***
In The End of Music, Jamie Fitzpatrick’s two mesmerizing, interwoven narratives circle the lives of Joyce, a modern young woman navigating the fraught social mores of a small town in its... - Author:Johnson, HaroldSummary:
While sorting through the possessions of his recently deceased neighbour, Harold Johnson discovers an old, handwritten manuscript containing epic stories composed in an obscure Swedish dialect. Together, they form The Björkan Sagas....
- Author:MCKINLEY, TamaraSummary:
Miriam Strong had been looking forward to her family arriving at Bellbird Station to help her celebrate her seventy-fifth birthday. Yet with the discovery of the first tangible clue to her stolen inheritance, has come the knowledge...
- Author:Laberge, RosetteSummary:
Chicoutimi, 1968. En quittant la ville, Sonia entraîne malgré elle certains proches dans son sillage, ce qui déplaît à Simone, laquelle est affectée par cette amputation familiale davantage qu'elle ne l'accepte. Et si elle...
- Author:Charland, Jean-PierreSummary:
Xavier s'adapte facilement à sa nouvelle vie conjugale. Élodie se révèle une épouse aimante et sa fille Camille s'accommode bien de ce beau-père inattendu. Dans ce contexte propice, le banquier se lance tardivement dans l...
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Author:Summary:Full of dreams, strange prophecies, sexual slander, violent power struggles and fragile peace settlements, Njal's Saga is a compelling chronicle of a fifty-year blood feud. Written in the late thirteenth century, it is the most powerful...
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Author:Patterson, Richard NorthSummary:Educated, engaged, and the youngest in a prominent family, Whitney has everything she and her father have ever wanted. But the arrival of Benjamin Blaine awakens a sense of independence within Whitney, changing her entire world.
- Author:Noble, ShelleySummary:
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shelley Noble comes a heartrending and uplifting novel about friendship, love, and what we're willing to sacrifice for our dreams.What was supposed to be an idyllic wedding leads...
- Author:Bouchard, MarjolaineSummary:
1955. Pour Étienne Lacombe, la vie est pleine de morts. Son quotidien se trouve d'ailleurs vite altéré à la suite du décès de sa tante Camille. Surprotégé par son entourage, le garçon cultive une fascination à l'endroit de...
- Author:Duquette, ChristianeSummary:
Québec, 1879. Après une année passée à Paris, Charlotte McDoughan rentre au Canada, laissant derrière elle sa cousine Maud qui, amoureuse, a préféré rester en France. La jeune diplômée en photographie est quant à elle impatiente de...
- Author:Gobeil, SylvieSummary:
Les années ont passé, et tante Marie-Anne se fait vieille ; la maladie la ronge. Elle s'inquiète pour l'avenir de ses nièces et souhaite ardemment que Victoire accepte la proposition en mariage reçue d'un gentil et...
- Author:Gobeil, SylvieSummary:
C'est la consternation chez les Canadiens! Les Anglais ont remporté la guerre et ils ignorent ce que l'avenir leur réserve. L'impétueuse Victoire Denys de Saint-Simon, accompagnée de sa progéniture, revient vivre chez sa...
- Author:Gobeil, SylvieSummary:
Le 17 octobre 1713, Marie-Josèphe Prat, fille de l'aubergiste et armurier Joseph Prat et d'Angélique Gobeil, accède à la noblesse grâce à son mariage à Charles-Paul Denys de Saint-Simon. Or, la jeune épouse a hérité du...
- Author:Martin, StéphanieSummary:
La conclusion d'une véritable série coup de cœur! La révolution gronde dans les Treize colonies et Québec, contrôlée par les Britanniques, ne sera pas épargnée… Fuyant les troubles qui s'amplifient à Boston, à l'automne...
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