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Long known as funny, charming and peaceable, Canadians are beloved the world over for their enlightened social policies and their…
willingness to bring the beer. This essential guide features amazing Canadian inventions, great moments in Canadian history, and pointers on how to eat, drink, dress and apologize like a Canadian. 2004.
Called to the deathbed of Claude, her long-ago first love, Evelyn succumbs to a cascade of grief for Claude, and…
their estranged son Tom. She embarks by kayak on a quest into the West Coast wilderness in search of their son in the remote town of Sointula. Equal parts light and dark, compassion and irony, a story of a modern day female Don Quixote. 2004.
It is 1970s Ottawa, and Jerry McGuinty, a young working class man with grand dreams, becomes successful and wealthy by…
building quality houses. Jerry's personal problems include a marriage to a free-spirited but alcoholic Irish woman, and a son who eventually ends up on the streets. Simon Struthers is from old money, a career civil servant, a small time lothario, corrupt, smarmy, a voyeur and a stalker. His life intersects with Jerry's when he finds himself controlling land primed for development, and after stringing Jerry along for years, creating a project he hopes will be his legacy while damaging Jerry financially. Some descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2004.
Abbey, a Canadian, settles in a small village in Ireland. There, she falls in love with Dermot, an older local…
man, in an unconventional, affectionate, but troubled relationship. A novel about history and obligation, and human connection in a land poised uneasily between past and future. Some strong language and descriptions of sex. 2002.
It is the summer of 1962 and 13-year-old Benjamin Marshall's newly divorced parents are sending him to Port Sanford, the…
less-than-thrilling town where his grandfather Ira has practiced law for 40 years. Ira's wealthiest client, Mrs. O'Hearn, has died before he can finalize her will, and now Ira has to distribute her fortune to an ungrateful niece and nephew - and he can't bear to fulfill her last request. Soon, Ira and Ben hit the road with the sheriff in hot pursuit. Grades 4-7. 2002.
Twelve short stories featuring innovative conceits, characters fleeing from life's problems, and doses of ironic, dark humour. In "Outside," a…
car accident separates a couple, while in "Ring Around the Moon," a buttoned-down insurance worker goes off on an adventure when his father moves back to his native Scotland. Roaming from Canada to Fiji to Australia, these are portraits of outsiders and lost souls who worship at the altar of medical science while secretly praying for redemptive love. 2001.
When a civil war explodes in 1936 Spain, Sandro Risco Canovas, guilty by association, is forced to go on the…
run when he is chased by the police. With the help of many bystanders, he eventually gets to his home town of Arcasella and hides in a cave, setting in motion an elaborate deception that summons primordial beasts and signals a descent into darkness, dream and desire. 2001.
German Jews Ernst and Hannah Birnbaum flee Hitler but cannot escape the shadow of the Holocaust. In Montreal they attempt…
to create a shelter for their children, Rachel and Avi. This new generation struggles with the inherited alienation that accompanies exile, striving to both protect and escape their vulnerable elders. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2000.
Summer 1990. Crystal Beach in Ontario has lost its beloved, long-running amusement park, leaving the lakeside village a virtual ghost…
town. It is back to this fallen community that Starla Mia Martin must return to live with her overbearing mother after dropping out of university and racking up significant debt. But an economic downturn, mother-daughter drama, and Generation X disillusionment soon prove to be the least of Starla's troubles: a mysterious and salacious force begins to dog her; inexplicable sounds in the night and unimaginable sites spotted in the periphery. Soon enough, Starla must confront the unresolved traumas that haunt Crystal Beach. Where others might feel fear, Starla feels lust and queer desire. When others might run, Starla draws the horror nearer. And in turn, she draws a host of capricious characters toward her--all of them challenged to seek answers beyond their own temporal realities. 2018.
Scarborough is a low-income, culturally diverse neighbourhood east of Toronto, the fourth largest city in North America; like many inner-city…
communities, it suffers under the weight of poverty, drugs, crime, and urban blight. A multitude of voices tells the story of a tight-knit neighbourhood under fire: among them, Victor, a black artist harassed by the police; Winsum, a West Indian restaurant owner struggling to keep it together; and Hina, a Muslim school worker who witnesses first-hand the impact of poverty on education. And then there are the three kids who work to rise above a system that consistently fails them: Bing, a gay Filipino boy who lives under the shadow of his father's mental illness; Sylvie, Bing's best friend, a Native girl whose family struggles to find a permanent home to live in; and Laura, whose history of neglect by her mother is destined to repeat itself with her father. 2017.
The author weaves a passionate, contemporary love story between a man and his body, with a re-imagining of Hindu mythology.…
Both narratives explore the complexities of embodiment and the damaging effects that policing gender and sexuality can have on the human heart. 2014.
Said to wear the skin of an old woman by day and take the form of a wandering fireball by…
night - and sucking the blood of her victims - the spectre of the Soucouyant haunts Adele, a Trinidadian Canadian. Adele is sliding into early-onset dementia when her husband is killed in an industrial accident, and her older son leaves home after Adele ceases to recognize him. Her younger son tries to unravel the hidden tragedies of Adele's youth, which included an encounter with the Soucouyant itself. Some descriptions of sex. Some descriptions of violence. Some strong language. 2007.
Josh moves from a group home to his brother's tiny apartment. He is required to attend anger-management classes that take…
the form of dog training sessions. He doesn't get along with his sister-in-law and fellow classmate Travis is constantly pushing his buttons. Just when he thinks it can't get any worse, then the police come looking for Josh, accusing him of assault. For senior high readers. 2005.
Sophie is in a lot of trouble. She is on probation for stealing and is doing poorly at school. Her…
mom doesn't really talk to her, and the other adults in her life are pressuring Sophie to talk about her bruises. Sophie worries that if she tells, she will be sent to live in a group home. Her friend Jujube is the only person who knows the truth, and now Jujube, too, wants Sophie to speak up. For junior high readers and older. 2006, c2005.
Summarizes how socio-economic factors affect the health of Canadians, surveys the current state of eleven social determinants of health across…
Canada (including early life, education, housing, and Aboriginal status), and provides an analysis of how these determinants affect Canadians' health. Explores what policy options would contribute to better health outcomes, and how to ensure that these options are pursued. 2004.
Karen Lavut recounts her friendship with painter Christiane Pflug who killed herself at Easter, 1972. She celebrates the joy and…
memories left by her lost friend, and laments the fact that she chose to leave life so early on. 1999.
Between 1880 and the First World War, British remittance men arrived in the Canadian West. These remittance men, in many…
instances, tried to recreate the aura of landed gentry. The author tells of the efforts to bring "good breeding" to the Wild West. 1994.
The diversity of humankind and the relationship to landscape, from the high Arctic and the northern forests to the swamps…
of the Orinoco, is hunted, gathered and appreciated here by Davis. He recounts a dozen journeys, some in search of ethnobotanicals; others for spiritual and poetic influences. 1992.