Posts Tagged ‘canadian’

That Night

Toni Murphy had a life full of typical teenage complications: a boyfriend, Ryan, whom she adored; a strained relationship with her parents; and classmates who seemed hell-bent on making her suffer. Things weren’t easy, but Toni could never have predicted how horrific they would become until her younger sister was brutally murdered one night—and Toni…

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Carson Crosses Canada

From the author of If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur comes a funny and sweet cross-country roadtrip adventure with a sassy septuagenarian and her quirky canine. Feisty Annie Magruder and her dog, Carson, live in British Columbia, Canada, and they’re setting out to visit her sister, Elsie, in Newfoundland. In their little rattlebang car,…

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By Gaslight TP

Longlisted for the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize No. 1 National Bestseller Globe and Mail’s “20 Books to Read in 2016,” Maclean’s bestseller, Toronto Star bestseller, Ottawa Citizen’s “Best on the Shelf,” Huffington Post’s “Best Fall 2016 Books,” Publishers Weekly “Books of the Week,” National Post bestseller, Vanity Fair 2016 “Must Read Books of the Fall”…

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Everything Is Perfect When You’re A Liar

“The Funniest Memoir You’ll Ever Read”* from one of the “Funniest People on Twitter”** “Will make you love her even more than you probably already do. . . . Truly hilarious, with a wonderful sense of sarcasm, intelligence and a healthy dose of irony mixed in. . . . I couldn’t put this book down–you…

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One Brother Shy

From the two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, and author ofThe Best Laid Plans, comes a new story about a man tormented by an event from his youth, and the journey he finds himself on to heal and to learn who he is. Few people know the real Alex MacAskill. Most of…

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Invisible North

Journalist Alexandra Shimo flew to the remote Northern Ontario reserve of Kashechewan, hoping to document its deplorable living conditions. Instead, she was faced with the dark side of Canadian history and the limits of her own mental stability.

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