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Radiance
By Shaena Lambert. 2007
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Historical fiction, War storiesCanadian non-fiction
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
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.Itsuka
By Joy Kogawa. 1992
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Canadian fiction, War storiesCanadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Human-narrated audio
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.Bel Ria: dog of war
By Sheila Burnford. 1977
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), War storiesCanadian non-fiction
Human-narrated audio
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.
Night of destiny: 24 December, 1944
By Susie Shellenberger, Jack Corrigan. 2014
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War storiesReligion
Human-narrated audio
Doug Tillman boards a troopship, the S.S. Leopoldville, in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve 1944, headed for the…
Battle of the Bulge. Dan Gibbons, a college football star selected for a now-cancelled officers program, preps for another day with an ambulance squad near Ste. Mere Eglise. Churning in the depths of the north Atlantic, sixteen-year old Willy Hillenbrand is an unlikely U-boat sailor. Hours later near the mouth of Cherbourg Harbor, a torpedo from Willy's submarine pierces the hull of Tillman's troopship, setting into motion a sequence of events that inexorably brings this trio together. Violence