In the 1920s, Jim, Bert and Rose Evans all move from Newfoundland to Brooklyn, New York, in search of work and a better life, leaving their sister Annie back home in St. John’s.
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Author:Morgan-Cole, Trudy
Summary:Genre: Canadian fiction, Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Martin, Samuel
Summary:This Ramshackle Tabernacle is a collection of short stories set in and around the fictional villages of St. Lola and St. Olga in northeastern Ontario.
Genre: Canadian fiction, Short storiesAvailable Formats:
Author:Chaulk, Tina
Summary:Is it okay to tell a lie? Lisa Simms thinks so. Lisa leaves her small town and moves to the big city to find work and her letters home tell of an ordered life and success at work.
Genre: Epistolary fiction, Canadian fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Morgan, Bernice
Summary:The heart and spirit of an indomitable people travel far in time and space … The unexpected luxury of a day spent at the home of a Hollywood star leads three old friends to share secret facets of t
Genre: Short stories, Canadian fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Vidal, K.L.
Summary:Half Moon, a hauntingly beautiful saga set in Paris, New York, and Atlantic Canada, explores themes of passion, betrayal, art, and redemption in the story of an elusively beautiful woman and the wo
Genre: Literary fiction, Canadian fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Suunders, Gary
Summary:Free Wind Home carries the reader full circle through a childhood rooted in a sleepy Newfoundland outport with nineteenth century traditions, existing in a twentieth century world of war and uncert
Genre: Domestic fiction, Canadian fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Hoog, Adrian de
Summary:A virus destroys the communication network of the Canadian diplomatic service.
Genre: Canadian fiction, Thrillers (Fiction)Available Formats:
Author:Murphy, Elizabeth
Summary:Carl knows more than most how hard it can be to find one’s place in an imperfect world.
Genre: Canadian fiction, General fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Patsauq, Markoosie
Summary:Published fifty years ago under the title Harpoon of the Hunter, Markoosie Patsauq's novel helped establish the genre of Indigenous fiction in Canada.
Genre: Canadian fiction, Indigenous materialsAvailable Formats:
Author:Fradkin, Barbara
Summary:Photographer Todd Ellison is engrossed in a photoshoot deep in Alberta's dinosaur country when he stumbles upon human bones buried in the sand of a remote coulee.
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Author:Mayer, Shannon
Summary:My name is Mara, and I want desperately to become a mother. All of my dreams were dashed when the world was promised hope but instead became a place of danger, death...and monsters.
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Author:Berkhout, Nina
Summary:When opera singer Dawn Woodward has an onstage flameout, all she wants is to be left alone.
Genre: Domestic fiction, Canadian fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Horvath, Polly
Summary:It is World War II, and Franny and her parents, Sina and Old Tom, enjoy a quiet life on a farm on Vancouver Island.
Genre: Juvenile fiction, Canadian fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Bradley, Alan
Summary:Flavia de Luce - "part Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" (The New York Times Book Review) - takes her remarkable sleuthing
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Author:Westerling, A.M.
Summary:Faced with financial ruin and the loss of her good name, Rose Chadwick decides to make a new start for herself and her young daughter Hannah in the rough-and-tumble gold rush town of Barkerville, B
Genre: Canadian fiction, Romance fictionAvailable Formats: