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Ivan E. Coyote is a master storyteller; her beautiful, funny stories about growing up a lesbian butch in the Canadian North attract audiences both gay and straight. In her fifth collection, Ivan addresses issues of family, queer youth, and homophobia with a trenchant and wistful eye.

Beloved author Wayne Johnston returns to the territory of his #1 national bestseller The Colony of Unrequited Dreams with this sweeping tale of ambition, remorse and hope. A World Elsewhere has all the hallmarks of Wayne Johnston's most beloved and acclaimed novels: outsiders yearning for acceptance, dreams that threaten to overpower their makers, and unlikely romance. It is an astounding work of literature that questions the loyalties of friends, family and the heart. At the centre of this story is a mystery: the suspected murder of a child. This sweeping tale immerses us in St.

Ivan E. Coyote has developed a reputation as one of North America's most disarming storytellers; their tales of life as a queer person on the roads and trails of the North as well as rural America are rich in their plainspoken, honest truths. In Loose End, their third story collection, Ivan focuses their attention on the city—urban life, specifically in the East End of Vancouver, a diverse neighborhood of all types—old, young, gay, straight, white, Black, Asian—communing at local coffee bars over hot rods, the art of skinny-dipping, and changes in the weather.

Lisbonne, 1904. Frappé par le deuil, Tomas décide de tourner le dos au monde - littéralement : il ne marche plus qu'à reculons. Obsédé par un étrange petit livre datant du XVIIe siècle - le journal d'un missionnaire en Angola -, Tomas part à la recherche de l'objet mystérieux que le prêtre affirme avoir confectionné. Sa quête le mènera dans un village perdu de la région des Hautes Montagnes du Portugal. Au pied de ces mêmes montagnes, en 1939, le Dr.

In 1973, fifteen-year-old Qʔóqʔéskʔiʔ, or "Squito" Bob, is a mixed-blood Nleʔkepmx boy trying to find his place in a small, mostly Native town. His closest friends are three Nleʔkepmx boys and a white kid, an obnoxious runt who thinks himself superior to his friends. Accepted as neither Native nor white, Squito often feels like the stray dog of the group and envisions a short, disastrous life for himself. Home Waltz follows the boys over thirty-six hours on what should be one of the best weekends of their lives.

Ce matin, je me suis réveillée à Québec à côté de l’homme que j’aime depuis quatre ans. Puis je me suis fait plaquer. Me voilà donc célibataire depuis trois heures et cent quatre-vingts kilomètres ! Avec moi, je n’ai que deux valises et un gros trou dans mon CV, me rappelant mes mauvais choix de vie. Lâcher sa job pour être une gentille femme à la maison et préparer des petits plats pour son amoureux étudiant en médecine, quelle formidable idée ! Pffff...

The book Hanaway is about resistance and survival. It is about character transformation and cultural confusion. It is about the state of First Nations in total institutions. The author, Edmund Metatawabin, Ten Sunrises to the English, grew up in the natural environment for the first seven years of his life. Life then was full of exploration, laughter and storytelling. It was a quiet lull before the gathering storm. At seven years of age the author was registered at St. Anne's Residential School located in Fort Albany where he was to be incarcerated for eight years.

En suivant le quotidien d'Hannah, jeune itinérante de Toronto qui rêve de bord de mer alors qu'elle dérive de rue en rue, puis le tangage de Carol qui accouchera dans une ruelle putride, et enfin le va-et-vient de quatre prostituées dans l'après-force de l'âge, qui partagent logis, malheurs, vieux clients et petits bonheurs de l'art brut, le roman traverse les jours et les nuits de femmes libres et sans compromis.

My life as a Kane was lit in the indigos, aquamarines, and magentas of a home built on quiet faith and prayer. But Johnny changed all that. Where I had stood transfixed by the gloss on the surface of living, he called me forward from the pages of the books, away from the blinders that faith can surreptitiously place upon your eyes, and out into a world populated by those who live their lives in the shadow of necessary fictions.

In A Knife in the Sky, a journalist's decision to talk and a student's desire to know puts them in the crosshairs of a murderous dictatorship. As the novel opens, Mika is dangerously engaged in the pursuit of truth during Haiti's first Duvalier regime. Nearly thirty years later, her granddaughter Junon witnesses the repressive dynasty's unravelling. Brutal, terrifying, and hopeful, A Knife in the Sky is an homage to those who have survived tyranny.