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My name is Lee Mets (honest), and this is my book I’m part of the writing club, which is fantastic, since what I want to be most is a writer.

It is 1904, and Rachel and her family are leaving Russia to escape the continuing riots against Jews. They take the Trans-Siberian Railway across the country and board a ship to Shanghai.

Ezzie has friends and a loving family who never maker her feel that she is "fat." But sometimes schoolmates tease her.

Rose decides to have a sleepover party for her birthday.

In the 1940s it was unheard of for women to be members of a professional orchestra, let alone play “masculine” instruments like the bass or trombone.

After losing her job and learning she might also lose her house because of a bad investment, Jess, a fiercely independent and hilariously wry BC grandma, resorts to growing pot in her basement to m

The first of its kind, this anthology showcases women's writing previously available only in Yiddish.

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The Trillium Award-winning autobiographical novel "La mauvaise mere" by Marguerite Andersen is now in English.

Nobby, short for Zenobia, meets an older girl, Zilla, when her family goes on holiday. Zilla is developmentally disabled, but much more fun than the average teenager.

When Lillian and Audrey hatch a plot to escape from Tranquil Meadows Nursing Home, “borrow” a car, and spend their hastily planned vacation time driving to destinations west, they aren’t fully awar

Ten biographies of women reformers from around the world who have made a difference in the realms of politics, social equality, disability, and women’s rights.

The stories of these men are tales of courage, determination and honesty, often in the face of racism and adversity.

Six girls just out of high school live together during the summer of 1943 on a farm as part of the Farm Services - doing the work of the men who are off fighting the war in Europe.

A family’s story of the Holocaust lies buried in the soil of a graveyard in Prague, in the old neighborhoods of Montréal, in the serenity of a small New Jersey town, and in the memory of Jana – a w