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A performing dog from a carnival wanders through France and England during World War II, changing the lives of those with whom he comes into contact. Some strong language. 1977.
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Historical fiction, War storiesCanadian non-fiction
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Eighteen-year-old Hiroshima survivor Keiko arrives in America for plastic surgery, sponsored by The Hiroshima Project. Keiko is expected to be…
a media darling, selected for her scarred beauty and her talent for putting words to the horrors she has witnessed. When Keiko does not perform as scripted, the Project presses her host, Daisy Lawrence, into drawing out the girl's horrific story, but Daisy must fight to enter Keiko's sphere of intimacy, and is shocked by what she learns there. Some descriptions of sex, violence and some strong language. 2007.
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The word "itsuka" means "some day," and refers to the Japanese-Canadian fight for redress following their evacuation and internment by…
the government during World War II. Naomi recalls how her idyllic childhood in British Columbia was ended; and after the death of her gentle guardians, Naomi is persuaded to leave the prairies and move to Toronto with her activist Aunt Emily. Thrust into the redress movement, Naomi becomes involved in the political battle, and in a romance with fellow activist Cedric, an Anglican priest. Sequel to "Obasan" (DC03222). 1993, c1992.
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War storiesDrama, Canadian non-fiction
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"Une romancière et professeure de littérature accepte l'invitation de militaires canadiens à boire une bière avec eux, afin qu'ils lui…
parlent de ce qu'ils ont vécu en Afghanistan. Si les soldats jouent d'abord les fiers-à-bras, une confiance s'établit peu à peu à mesure que les langues se délient. Ils partagent leurs récits drôles, durs et touchants, racontent la camaraderie salvatrice, les champs de mines qui explosent, les corps torpillés, les terreurs, les doutes, les chocs, les regrets. Leurs témoignages croisés - parfois contradictoires, souvent troués de silence, mais toujours sincères - transportent l'écrivaine en zone de guerre, où tous les choix semblent impossibles. Ils la bouleversent jusque dans ses plus profondes convictions, elle qui se revendique d'un pacifisme et d'un antimilitarisme inébranlables, et l'incitent à se livrer à un troublant exercice d'empathie."
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General fiction, War storiesCanadian non-fiction
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This volume combines three of Richard Rohmer’s best-selling novels in one book. Ultimatum, Exxoneration, and Periscope Red are all fast-paced,…
incisive novels in which Rohmer makes fiction read like fact. They are chilling visions of a world of military conflict, legal and political entanglements, and Canada’s role in domestic and international spheres. The issues inside are just as important to Canada today as they were when the books were written. In all of these works, Rohmer demonstrates his insider’s knowledge of the energy industry and the military, and his master storyteller’s ability to bring it alive.
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Set in the first half of the twentieth century, but reaching back to Bavaria in the late nineteenth century, The…
Stone Carvers weaves together the story of ordinary lives marked by obsession and transformed by art. At the centre of a large cast of characters is Klara Becker, the granddaughter of a master carver, a seamstress haunted by a love affair cut short by the First World War, and by the frequent disappearances of her brother Tilman, afflicted since childhood with wanderlust. From Ontario, they are swept into a colossal venture in Europe years later, as Toronto sculptor Walter Allward's ambitious plans begin to take shape for a war memorial at Vimy, France. Spanning three decades, and moving from a German-settled village in Ontario to Europe after the Great War, The Stone Carvers follows the paths of immigrants, labourers, and dreamers. Vivid, dark, redemptive, this is novel of great beauty and power.