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Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction, Friendship stories
Human-narrated audio
Part coming-of-age novel, part searing examination of a community finding itself, Small Ceremonies is a tantalizing and heartbreaking debut."I fear…
for our friendship, for the day it will end, wondering when that day will be . . ." Tomahawk Shields (a.k.a. Tommy) and Clinton Whiteway are on the cusp of adulthood, imagining a future rife with possibility and greatness. The two friends play for their high school’s poor-performing hockey team, the Tigers, who learn at the start of the new season that the league wants them out. Their annual goal is now more important than ever: to win their first game in years and break the curse.As we follow these two Indigenous boys over the course of a year, we are given a panoptic view of Tommy and Clinton’s Winnipeg, where a university student with grand ambitions chooses to bottle her anger when confronted with numerous micro- (and not so micro-) aggressions; an ex-convict must choose between protecting or exploiting his younger brother as he’s dragged deeper into the city’s criminal underbelly; a lonely rink attendant is haunted by the memory of a past lover and contemplates rekindling this old flame; and an aspiring journalist does everything she can to uncover why the league is threatening to remove the Tigers. These are a sampling of the chorus of voices that depicts a community filled with individuals searching for purpose, leading them all to one fateful and tragic night.Ferociously piercing the heart of an Indigenous city, Kyle Edwards's sparkling debut is a heartbreaking yet humour-flecked portrayal of navigating identity and place, trauma and recovery, and growing up in a land that doesn't love you.
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French Canadian fiction, Canadian fiction, Historical fiction
Human-narrated audio
Rym vit la tendre enfance avec ses cousines en Algérie. Exilées au Québec après la guerre civile, elles grandissent à…
l'ombre de quatre générations marquées par la colonisation, la résistance et le déracinement. Rym raconte l'épopée familiale comme elle a appris à faire le thé : sans jamais laver la théière, en déposant le poids de l'histoire
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Friendship stories, General fiction, Indigenous peoples fiction
Synthetic audio, Human-transcribed braille
"Part coming-of-age novel, part searing examination of a community finding itself, Small Ceremonies is a tantalizing and heartbreaking debut. 'I…
fear for our friendship, for the day it will end, wondering when that day will be . . .' Tomahawk Shields (a.k.a. Tommy) and Clinton Whiteway are on the cusp of adulthood, imagining a future rife with possibility and greatness. The two friends play for their high school’s poor-performing hockey team, the Tigers, who learn at the start of the new season that the league wants them out. Their annual goal is now more important than ever: to win their first game in years and break the curse. As we follow these two Indigenous boys over the course of a year, we are given a panoptic view of Tommy and Clinton’s Winnipeg, where a university student with grand ambitions chooses to bottle her anger when confronted with numerous micro- (and not so micro-) aggressions; an ex-convict must choose between protecting or exploiting his younger brother as he’s dragged deeper into the city’s criminal underbelly; a lonely rink attendant is haunted by the memory of a past lover and contemplates rekindling this old flame; and an aspiring journalist does everything she can to uncover why the league is threatening to remove the Tigers. These are a sampling of the chorus of voices that depicts a community filled with individuals searching for purpose, leading them all to one fateful and tragic night. Ferociously piercing the heart of an Indigenous city, Kyle Edwards's sparkling debut is a heartbreaking yet humour-flecked portrayal of navigating identity and place, trauma and recovery, and growing up in a land that doesn't love you."--Front flap of jacket
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Historical fiction, Serious and literary fictionLiterature, Canadian non-fiction
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Ce livre autofictif à fleur de peau compose une partition en quatre mouvements sur les expériences de la maternité, de…
la dépression et de la précarité chez une femme qui écrit. Talismans, icônes et retailles : Martina Chumova tisse réel et fictions, rêves et images de sa vie intérieure, et convoque une communauté d'écritures-soeurs pour creuser les mythes du foyer, de la famille, de la force et de la faiblesse. Je mets mes rêves sur la table s'affranchit des discours oppressifs liés à l'identité et à la migration, et rejoint une existence en évolution constante, renouant avec les possibilités qui sommeillent en nous
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), Braille (Uncontracted)
Serious and literary fiction, Historical fictionLiterature, Canadian non-fiction
Human-transcribed braille
Ce livre autofictif à fleur de peau compose une partition en quatre mouvements sur les expériences de la maternité, de…
la dépression et de la précarité chez une femme qui écrit. Talismans, icônes et retailles : Martina Chumova tisse réel et fictions, rêves et images de sa vie intérieure, et convoque une communauté d'écritures-soeurs pour creuser les mythes du foyer, de la famille, de la force et de la faiblesse. Je mets mes rêves sur la table s'affranchit des discours oppressifs liés à l'identité et à la migration, et rejoint une existence en évolution constante, renouant avec les possibilités qui sommeillent en nous