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The Heart Goes Last The Heart Goes Last Margaret Atwood "Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic and social collapse. Job loss has forced them to live in their car, leaving them vulnerable to roving gangs.… OL17569713W
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Mordecai Richler The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his chan… OL674949W
Bluebeard's Egg and other stories Bluebeard's Egg and other stories Margaret Atwood A collection of short stories which covers a wide range of human emotions. OL675689W
The Edible Woman The Edible Woman Margaret Atwood A determined young lady who losses her focus along the line while trying to balance her life and relationship OL675696W
The Blind Assassin The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood More than fifty years on, Iris Chase is remembering Laura's mysterious death. And so begins an extraordinary and compelling story of two sisters and their secrets. Set against a panoramic backdrop of… OL675698W
Cat's Eye Cat's Eye Margaret Atwood **Cat's Eye** is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisce… OL675713W
The Penelopiad The Penelopiad Margaret Atwood Homer's Odyssey is not the only version of the story. Mythic material was originally oral, and also local -- a myth would be told one way in one place and quite differently in another. I have drawn o… OL675737W
The Year of the Flood The Year of the Flood Margaret Atwood The long-awaited new novel from Margaret Atwood. The Year of the Flood is a dystopic masterpiece and a testament to her visionary power. The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and … OL675774W
What's bred in the bone What's bred in the bone Robertson Davies Francis Cornish was always good at keeping secrets. From the well-hidden family secret of his childhood to his mysterious encounters with a small-town embalmer, a master art restorer, a Bavarian cou… OL842174W
The rebel angels The rebel angels Robertson Davies Murder, theft perjury, love, and scholarship at a modern university trouble the life of a beautiful partgypsy graduate student. OL842175W
Open Secrets Open Secrets Alice Munro In these eight tales, Munro evokes the devastating power of old love suddenly recollected. She tells of vanished schoolgirls and indentured frontier brides and an eccentric recluse who, in the course… OL931685W