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Set in Quebec at the turn of the 19th to 20th century, The Heart Specialist is the epic story of Agnes White, a lonely orphaned girl fascinated by the "wrong" things—microscopes, dissections, and a

When a note placed in a delivered lunch tin (a tiffin) is lost Kunal is seperated from his mother and ends up living as a slave.

The pain tree tells stories that speak to all aspects of Jamaican life.

The people in gay bars on Christmas Day are so desperate for basic human contact that they'd go home with a Doc Marten shoe if it made a move, and maybe even if it didn't.

Marianne, a young Montrealer, has come to live in Tuscany to draw and write and examine her life.

When a team in an all-girls' hockey league comes to recruit players, twelve-year-old Lou's dreams seem to be coming true.

Friends since attending university in Jamacia, Lethe and Daniel have long realized they would never be good for each other.

Celia's vision of the past during a weather disturbance becomes a reality when her great-niece is horribly abused.

Brick's plan to escape an abusive father is derailed when he discovers that his little sister is no longer safe and will need her big brother's protection until they are both old enough t

London, England, present day. This is the world as we know it, but with one key difference: medical science has found a way to remove diseases from the sick. The catch?

In a future world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness.

This much-anticipated second collection of short stories by Carol Windley captures the shimmering, mutable light of the U.S.

Terrified of being targeted by bullies for being overweight, Lionel tries to go through grade 8 attracting as little notice as possible.

One thousand years ago, a civilization existed in Spain that was famed throughout Europe.

When her house in the Jamaican countryside is damaged by a hurricane, Gertrude Samphire is sent (by her estranged daughter Celia) to Ellesmere Lodge, an assisted living centre.