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Mary Jo's caustic comments about love and life can't conceal her confusion about both, but liberated baptist Fayrene and party girl Collie help Mary Jo cope in a white, patriarchal world.

Presents four short stories by the 19th century New England writer.

Julianna and her niece are marking time in a villa in Venice.

Presents the story about a young, working girl in a poor London neighborhood. Her sad story is the story of poverty everywhere.

As a 41-year-old man confronts his own mortality in this collection's title story, he recalls his Spokane Indian father's chilling death from alcoholism and diabetes.

Through 12 expressive and haunting short stories, Lincoln explores the lives of an African American community in the South.

In 1975 the young timid Toby Ruben begins a life-long bond with the dynamic, boisterous Deborah Laidlaw.

Mohr takes listeners to 2003 San Francisco as the country divides into groups for and against the Iraq War.

Cecilia is obsessively in love with her teacher, Mr. Dahl. Yet she never guesses that what she dreams of could actually happen. Cecelia's mother Dora wants the good life.

Nik is an eccentric art student obsessed with painting his dancer girlfriend, Jennifer. When one day she inexplicably disappears, Nik’s world is shattered.

This special 3-book bundle collects three masterful novel by one of Canada’s finest writers of literary fiction. A Certain Mr. Takahashi: To Mrs.

A story about one all-inclusive resort, the ghost of an unknown father, and the tragedies we can’t forget. What’s it like when everyone’s dream vacation is your job?

Gathered together are three extraordinary books by renowned storyteller and memoirist Austin Clarke.

From the author of the bestselling Jalna series. This early novel from the pen of one of Canada’s most universally known writers sparkles with life and vitality.

From the author of the bestselling Jalna series.