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Like gold refined (Prairie legacy. #4.)
By Janette Oke. 2000
In this sequel to "A Quiet Strength" (DC22379), Virginia and Jonathan now have three children, in addition to Jenny's daughter,…
Mindy. But changes are on the way, and Virginia must accept that her grandparents can no longer live alone. Then, unexpectedly, Jenny wants Mindy back. For senior high and older readers. 2000. (Prairie legacy ; 4).Jim Tweed
By John L Parr. 1978
Cool water
By Dianne Warren. 2010
Juliet, Saskatchewan. Her inhabitants include the foundling who now owns the farm his adoptive family left him; the pregnant teenager…
and her mother, planning a fairytale wedding; a shy couple, well beyond middle age, struggling with the recognition of their feelings for one another; a camel named Antoinette; and the ubiquitous wind and sand that forever shift the landscape. Winner of the 2010 Governor General's Award for Fiction. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. c2010.All this town remembers
By Sean Johnston. 2006
A small town in Saskatchewan suffers tragedy when hockey star Joey Fallow is killed in a bus crash, and even…
twenty-five years later, when the CBC comes to make a movie about the event, it's clear that many residents haven't moved on. Mired in the past, but also frustrated by the stagnancy around him, is Adam, Joey's best friend, who has recently suffered an accident himself, one that has damaged his memory. In a struggle to master the chronology of his own life, he risks alienating everyone who frames his past and present. Some descriptions of sex. Some descriptions of violence. Explicit strong language. 2006.Banjo lessons
By David Carpenter. 1997
During the Alberta oil boom of the 1950s and the folk music scene of the 1960s, Tim finds his way…
through childhood and adolescence to adulthood. Along the way, he learns how to catch trout, how to be a writer, and the difference between sex and love. He even learns how to play the banjo. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1997.Due West: 30 great stories from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba
By Aritha Van Herk, Wayne Tefs, Geoffrey Ursell. 1996
Due West is a compilation of short stories, put together to help celebrate the 20th anniversary of prairie publishers Turnstone…
Press, Coteau Books and NeWest Books. The editors have showcased some of their best-known writers, proving that the Canadian west has not only produced stereotypical wheat and cowboys, but some of our finest literature as well. Featured authors include Sandra Birdsell, David Bergen, Sharon Butala, Ben Begamudre, David Carpenter and Bonnie Bishop. 1996.Gophers don't pay taxes
By Mervyn J Huston. 1981
Hailstorms and hoop snakes
By Ted Stone. 1984
Pete, Sparky and Jake meet frequently to tell stories - tall tales about whiskey-drinking snakes, a sheep that was trained…
to hunt and a wind storm that was so strong, it blew pigs into gallon jugs. 1984.Cowboys don't cry
By Marilyn Halvorson. 1984
The story of Shane Morgan and of a stormy relationship with his father that builds to a dramatic climax at…
a local rodeo. Junior and Senior High. Followed by "Cowboys don't quit". 1984.Bittersweet Bliss: A Novel (Saskatchewan saga. #5.)
By Ruth Glover. 2003
Two pioneer women, as different as can be. Two secrets skillfully buried, but not forgotten. Two journeys to embrace the…
bittersweet bliss of the Canadian frontier. Sequel to "Seasons of Bliss" (DC31084). Followed by "Back roads to Bliss" (DC33742). 2003. (The Saskatchewan saga ; 5).2003.Brother Frank's gospel hour: & other stories
By W. P Kinsella. 1994
In this third collection of short stories set in Hobbema, Alberta, Silas Ermineskin again relates his adventures with his friend,…
Frank Fencepost. In the title story, Frank turns a traditional gospel radio show into a comic hour in which prayers actually do come true. In "Bull," Frank outwits the Alberta Supreme Court in a case about artificial insemination. Some strong language. c1994.All the way home
By Max Braithwaite. 1986
A portrait of a family that has endured the hardships of the homestead, enjoyed the prosperity of the 1920s, suffered…
the poverty and desolation of prairie life during the Depression, and the tragedies of life and war. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1986.A searching heart (Prairie legacy. #2.)
By Janette Oke. 1998
High school senior Virginia Simpson draws on all her faith as she deals with her sister's difficult pregnancy, decides to…
remain home instead of leaving for college, and comes to grips with the loss of her longtime boyfriend. Then her friend is involved in a near-fatal auto accident. Sequel to "The tender years", followed by "A Quiet Strength" (DC22379). 1998. (Prairie legacy series ; 2)A place called Bliss (Saskatchewan saga. #1.)
By Ruth Glover. 2001
Sophia Galloway, a rich and pampered lady of Scotland's house of Heatherstone, and Mary Morrison, a servant, share the dream…
of travelling to a new land of freedom and opportunity: Canada. On the journey overseas, Sophia and Mary both give birth, and the destinies of both babies will be entwined. Followed by "With love from Bliss" (DC31010). 2001. (The Saskatchewan saga ; 1)A prairie as wide as the sea: the immigrant diary of Ivy Weatherall (Dear Canada)
By Sarah Ellis. 2001
Ivy Weatherall is just 11 years old when her family leaves England for the Canadian West with its land, lush…
harvests, and opportunity for success. But in Milorie, Saskatchewan, jobs are scarce and they can barely make ends meet. Ivy's relatives pack up and head back to England, but to Ivy, Canada is full of wonder and adventure. Grades 3-6. 2001. (Dear Canada series)A gift of sky
By Linda Ghan. 1988
Born into a Jewish-Canadian family in 1911, Sara Schiller grows up on the prairies of Saskatchewan. As she matures and…
becomes a school teacher, she struggles to understand the love and hate, intolerance and compassion that exist in her community. c1988.A bird in the house (New Canadian library. no. 96)
By Robert Gibbs, Margaret Laurence. 1974
Portrays the life and people of a small Manitoba town during the Depression. They are seen through the eyes of…
Vanessa MaCleod, sometimes as a child, sometimes retrospectively as a grown woman. (New Canadian Library ; No. 96) 1974.A beauty
By Connie Gault. 2015
In a drought-ridden Saskatchewan of the 1930s, self-possessed, enigmatic Elena Huhtala finds herself living alone, a young Finnish woman in…
a community of Swedes in the small village of Trevna. Her mother has been dead for many years, and her father, burdened by the hardships of drought, has disappeared, and the eighteen-year-old is an object of pity and charity in her community. But when a stranger shows up at a country dance, Elena needs only one look and one dance before jumping into his Lincoln Roadster, leaving the town and its shocked inhabitants behind. 2015.Under this unbroken sky
By Shandi Mitchell. 2009
Western Canada, 1938. Ukrainian farmer Teodor Mykolayenko returns to his family, who have been living with his sister Anna, after…
a year spent in prison for the crime of trying to feed them. Channelling the great inner power that enabled him to survive drought, starvation, war, and Stalin, Teodor farms the land and watches his family heal and strengthen. But their hopes are short-lived when Anna's rogue husband returns with a plan that threatens to take away everything they've built. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2009.The matter with Morris
By David Bergen. 2010
Morris Schutt, a prominent newspaper columnist, is experiencing disaster: his son has just been killed in Afghanistan; his newspaper has…
put him on indefinite leave; his wife seems headed for the door; he is strongly attracted to another woman; and his daughter appears to be having an affair with one of her professors. He tries Cicero, Plato and Socrates for truth and a discreet dating service for happiness, but discovers that they're not that easy to find. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. c2010.