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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BMO WINTERSET AWARD From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Innocents, a dark, enthralling novel about love and its limitations, the corrup

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Middle-aged Jane Barken discovers a lump in her left breast, the second in five years. She is depressed, her marriage is falling apart, and her singing career is faltering.

The loosely linked stories read, "almost like a novel", with characters whose lives are given form by the past but undergo change as the world reshapes beliefs and circumstances.

Enter Citiesville, the golden metropolis (no, not that one) guarded by Hero-Man! When Hero-Man uncovers a plot by the Mayor to take advantage of Hero-Man’s protection, his whole world is changed.

Following on the heels of her critically acclaimed first collection Hot Town and Other Stories, an examination of relationships within communities continues in this new collection of short fiction,

A cat shaped pendant with magical powers, takes a detective on a precarious journey through a mysterious city.

On the Hua Shan (the Holy Mountain) 250 years before Christ, the most powerful man in the world, the First Emperor, bequeaths a talisman - a narwhal tusk with carvings depicting the growth of Shang

After the sudden death of her lawyer husband, Nora flees her small town for the anonymity of Toronto. An ad lures her to rent a cheap apartment, where the landlord Henry lives in the next unit.

Set in Toronto in the blistering summer of 1971, Back to the Garden is about four strangers who take a chance on a new psychological treatment: group therapy.

When Gellhorn, a notable poet, begins a university residency in a 'dynamic metropolis' and stays at the illustrious Máximo College, he finds himself scandalized, and for little known reas

Set in Spain and Mexico during the 1930s, Matadora tells the story of Luna Caballero Garcia, an impoverished and intrepid servant attempting to make her name in the bullring at a time when it was i

After her parents are duped by a coyote who is a master of disguise, Harriet ('Harry' for short) and her seven younger siblings are left to fend for themselves.

Key Selling Points - This playful poem introduces young readers to a variety of Canadian (or North American) animals.