A bevy of colorful characters cross paths with each other in this novel about Montreal's garment district and its Orthodox Jewish community.
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Author:Rotchin, Glen
Summary:Genre: Religious fictionAvailable Formats:
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Author:Haich, Elisabeth
Summary:An autobiography that connects the twentieth century European life of internationally beloved teacher Elisabeth Haich and her lucid memories of initiation into the hidden mystical teachings of the
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Author:Atwood, Margaret
Summary:In Good Bones, first published in 1992, Margaret Atwood has fashioned an enthralling collection of parable, monologue, mini-romance and mini-biography, speculative fiction, prose lyric, ou
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Author:Connor, Ralph
Summary:Ranald Macdonald’s roots are in the forest of Ontario’s easternmost county and his character was forged in the small Presbyterian church near his home.
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Author:Kinsella, Warren
Summary:How a group of Portland, Maine, punks defeated a murderous gang of neo-Nazis. The X Gang is a group of punks led by the scarred, silent, and mostly unreadable Christopher X.
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Author:Gossage, Patrick
Summary:Father Pat Cheyne, an unkempt, middle-aged priest on a lone canoe ride reflects on how these solitary meditations in his beloved canoe have marked his life.
Genre: Religious fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Pearson, Brian E.
Summary:David, an Anglican parish priest, has no way of knowing that his place in the world is about to be shaken irrevocably.
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Author:Friesen, Victor Carl
Summary:Henry David Thoreau is remembered as a foremost nature writer. He was an ecologist before the term was invented.
Genre: Biographical fiction, Canadian poetryAvailable Formats:
Author:Griffths, Linda
Summary:Winner of the first Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, Maggie and Pierre chronicles the public and private relationship between Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau from 1974-1980.
Genre: Biographical fiction, Canadian dramaAvailable Formats:
Author:Gibson MacDonald, Florence
Summary:Victorian poets Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning are as renowned for their passionate relationship as they are their poetry. How Do I Love Thee?
Genre: Biographical fiction, Canadian dramaAvailable Formats:
Author:Tannahill, Jordan
Summary:Based on a true story, Get Yourself Home Skyler James follows the harrowing journey of a young lesbian who defects from the army when she is outed by fellow soldiers.
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Author:Healey, Michael
Summary:It’s December 1979 and Clark’s minority Progressive Conservative government is under threat of dissolution before it has a chance to accomplish anything — even pass a budget.
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Author:Tepperman, Julie
Summary:The Yichud Room is the place where the bride and groom go to be alone immediately following the wedding ceremony.
Genre: Canadian drama, Religious fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Chafe, Rick
Summary:Living in a wild world full of unpredictable creatures—beasts, beggars, witch hunters, and actors—William's family must find a way to cope with their changing Elizabethan world.
Genre: Biographical fiction, Canadian dramaAvailable Formats:
Author:Sherman, Jason
Summary:A Toronto Jew named Nathan Abramowitz investigates the Hebron Massacre - in which a Jewish settler murdered 29 Muslims at prayer - as a way of questioning his own responsibility for the oppression
Genre: Canadian drama, Religious fictionAvailable Formats: