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The Heart Does Break
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George Bowering |
A collection of true stories about grief and mourning from some of Canada's best known writers. |
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Almost a great escape
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Tyler Trafford |
Novelist Tyler Trafford reconstructs the story of his mother's life--from her youth as a Montreal debutante to her final days as a casualty of an unhappy marriage--as he uncovers the mystery of her r… |
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In translation
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Gabrielle Roy,Joyce Marshall |
"Gabrielle Roy was one of the most prominent Canadian authors of the twentieth century. Joyce Marshall, an excellent writer herself, was one of Roy's English translators. The two shared a deep and lo… |
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This is happy
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Camilla Gibb |
The bittersweet memoir of a writer whose child was born just after her partner left her, and how she carried on to make her daughter's life a happy one. |
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Snapshot of a soul place in the land of special needs
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Kari Burk |
"Triumphs, challenges, hopes and fears: a mother and daughter's journey with Down syndrome in painting, drawing, photographs, poetry & prose. This is an extremely personal book about other people, bu… |
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Stephen Leacock
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Margaret MacMillan |
"Stephen Leacock's satiric masterpiece Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town captures "the Empire forever" mentality that marked Anglo-Canadian life in the early decades of the twentieth century. Histor… |
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Outlier
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Garrett Wilson |
An autobiography of Canadian lawyer and author Garrett Wilson. |
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Nice recovery
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Susan Juby |
The author's memoirs about dealing with alcoholism and drugs before reaching the age of 20, combined with a series of interviews with teenagers dealing with addiction and on the path to recovery. |
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Meet Manitoba children's authors
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M. D. Meyer |
Grade level: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, p, e, i, s. |
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Inside out
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Evelyn Lau |
"Ten years after the publication of her bestselling memoir, Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid, Evelyn Lau reflects on her life, relationships and her identity as a writer. Moving seamlessly between past… |
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