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  • At This Juncture A Book of Letters
    Author:

    Altrows, Rona

    Summary:

    Alarmed that Canada Post keeps losing money, Ariadne Jensen, a woman in her fifties, pitches the CEO with a scheme to save the corporation: she will get people to start writing and mailing letters

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  • A Run on Hose
    Author:

    Altrows, Rona

    Summary:

    Rona Altrows’ short stories go to the core of what it is to be human — to cherish a departed mate beyond reason, to love a child to distraction, to keep the faith with a friend no matter what, to l

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  • On Remembrance Day
    Author:

    Creasey, Eleanor

    Summary:

    An exploration of Canadian Remembrance Day history, customs, and traditions. Who are the people who offered their lives in war? Why do we remember them? How do we honour their memory?

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Juvenile nonfiction

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  • Waiting: an anthology of essays
    Author:

    Altrows, Rona

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    Sedivy, Julie

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    Albert, Samantha

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    Butala, Sharon

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    Cawthorne, Jane

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    Chan, Weyman

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    Danos, Rebecca

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    Edgar, Patti

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    Greentree, Leslie

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    Graham-Pole, John

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    Anstey Hanen, Edythe Anstey

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    Hansen, Vivian

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    Harris, Jane

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    Harrison, Richard

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    Kvern, Lee

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    Haynes, Elizabeth

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    Lévesque, Anne

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    Macpherson, Margaret

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    Major, Alice

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    McGrath, Wendy

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    Ian McKay, Stuart Ian

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    Neilsen Glenn, Lorri

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    Olding, Susan

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    Rees, Roberta

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    Seifert, Kathy

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    Siré, Cora

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    Ross Smith, Steven Ross

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    Sorbie, Anne

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    Sorestad, Glen

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    S. Thompson, Kelly S.

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    van Eck, Robin van

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    van Herk, Aritha

    Summary:

    The verb esperar means to wait. It also means to hope.—“The Past Was a Small Notebook, Much Scribbled-Upon”, Cora Siré Waiting, that most human of experiences, saturates all of our lives.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays

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