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By Helen Porter. 1988
This novel examines Heather Novak's relationship with her family, her peers and the young man who, as her father did…
years ago, leaves her to face alone the painful process of growing up. Some strong language. 1988 winner of the CLA Young Adult Canadian Book Award. For senior high and adult readers. c1988.Catching the light
By Susan Sinnott. 2018
The kids call her Lighthouse: no lights on up there. In a small town, everyone knows when you can't read.…
But Cathy is just distracted by the light and lines and artistry of everyday life. She is a talented artist growing up in tiny Mariners Cove and yearns for acceptance. She dreams of enrolling in art school, but getting there will be a struggle. Hutch Parsons is everything Cathy is not: charismatic, popular, smart. Overflowing with energy, he is confident in his plans for the future. But one icy evening his world is upended and those plans are swept away. Now he must face a different life and his own struggle. Winner of the 2014 Percy Janes First Novel Award for an unpublished manuscript. 2018.For sure
By Robert Majzels, France Daigle. 2013
"For Sure" is among other things a labyrinth, a maze, an exploration of the folly of numbers, a repository, a…
defense and an illustration of the Chiac (French Acadian) language. It is also the continuing story of Terry and Carmen, familiar to us from previous works, their children Etienne and Marianne, and all those who gravitate around the Babar, the local bar in Moncton - the Zablonskis, Zed, Pomme - artists and ordinary people who question their place in the world from a distinct point of view that is informed by their geography, and by their history, politics, and culture. 2013. Uniform title: Pour sûr.Anna from away: a novel
By D. R MacDonald. 2012
When Anna Starling flees a dissolving marriage in California to save herself and her artistic career in Cape Breton, her…
life intersects with that of Red Murdock, a cabinetmaker who has recently lost the great love of his life. Surrounded by old ghosts and echoes of those who once lived in this isolated, now depleted community, Anna and Murdock discover that the present is inextricably linked with the past, and that both can lead to moral dilemmas. Includes sex, strong language and violence. 2012.Glass boys: A Novel
By Nicole Lundrigan. 2011
When Roy Trench is killed in a drunken prank gone wrong, his brother Lewis blames the abusive alcoholic, Eli Fagan,…
and hated grows between the two families of Knife's Point, Newfoundland. Desperate to smother the painful past with love, Lewis marries Wilda, and takes pleasure in their two children, Melvin and Toby. But as he watches his small family fracture, the darkness of the past begins to cloud the present, leading Lewis back to Eli Fagan - and his watchful stepson, Garrett Glass. Strong language, descriptions of sex and violence. 2011.Down the Coaltown Road
By Sheldon Currie. 2002
During World War Two, Italy's decision to join forces with the Germans caused Canada to round up Italians and put…
them in camps. Coaltown, Cape Breton, was the location of one such camp. When one Italian man escapes the camp, his actions have far-reaching consequences, touching everyone in his life. 2002.Hope in the desperate hour: a novel
By David Adams Richards. 1996
Richards portrays a small New Brunswick farming community from the 1950s to the present, through the experiences of the Shackle…
family. Garth, the former hockey player, Neil the academic, and Reggie the soldier reflect the conflicts between their home and the nearby Indian reserve and university town. 1988 Governor General's Award for English fiction. 1996.His Majesty's Yankees (New Canadian library ; #133)
By Thomas H Raddall. 1942
Galore: a novel
By Michael Crummey. 2009
A portrait of the improbable medieval world that was rural Newfoundland. Remote and isolated, exposed to savage extremes of climate…
and fate, the people of Paradise Deep persist in a realm where the line between the everyday and the otherworldly is impossible to distinguish. The action is propelled by the disputes and alliances, grievances and trade-offs that bind the Sellers and Devine families through the generations. 2009.Fairy ring
By David Homel, Martine Desjardins, Fred A Reed. 2001
In 1895, Arctic explorer Captain Ian Ryder lets his house in Nova Scotia to the recently married Clara Weiss, who…
is about to become the compass of a social circle far too intimate for her own good. Meanwhile, the captain's claustrophobic ship is trapped in the polar ice. A novel of personal relations and vast desires. 2001. Uniform title: Cercle de Clara.February
By Lisa Moore. 2009
Helen is a woman shattered by the drowning death of her husband, Cal. Now in her mid-50s and reconciled to…
loneliness, Helen sews prom and wedding dresses for a living and cares for her grandchildren. After having spent half a lifetime picking up the pieces after Cal's death, she has taken the major step of renovating the house, and finds herself unexpectedly stirred by the presence of her carpenter, Barry. 2009.Evening snow will bring such peace: a novel
By David Adams Richards. 1990
Married for only 20 months, Cindi and Ivan Basterache separate after a fight. Ivan, always an outsider, feels trapped and…
powerless as others, motivated with good intentions, intervene in his life. Sequel to "Nights below Station Street". Strong language.Emily's quest (Seal books)
By L. M Montgomery. 1927
Fall on your knees
By Ann-Marie MacDonald. 1996
In the first quarter of the twentieth century, an ambitious Cape Breton father and his Lebanese child-bride raise four extraordinary…
girls. Kathleen is a gifted singer preparing for an opera career; Frances is the bad girl, an incorrigible liar; Mercedes is an obsessive Catholic, trying to protect the flock; but it is Lily who takes us on a quest for truth and redemption. Strong language and descriptions of sex and violence. Canada Reads 2010. Co-winner of the 1997 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 1996.Dark jewels: a novel
By Rita Donovan. 1990
Murdoch MacFarland was broken when his first wife and eldest son died. Now he struggles against the hardship and isolation…
that exist in his second marriage. Then, like a dark jewel, a buried memory finally surfaces and speaks. 1990.Each man's son (The new Canadian library)
By Hugh MacLennan. 2003
Cape Breton Island. Dr. Daniel Ainslie yearns for a son - something he can never have. He comes to love…
young Alan MacNeil, the son of Mollie MacNeil and Archie, who deserted his family several years before to seek his fortune as a professional fighter. Now Archie returns, bitter and defeated, to wreak tragedy on his community. 1951.Downhill chance: A Novel
By Donna Morrissey. 2002
In pre-Confederation Newfoundland, deeply spiritual Job Gale decides to enlist during World War II, leaving behind his wife, Sare, and…
two daughters, Clair and Missy. Job returns broken, disillusioned, and bearing a dark secret, and soon dies, as does Sare. Clair leaves her childhood home to teach and start her own family, growing apart from Missy and their uncle Sim. Only Clair's daughter Hannah, who refuses to be bound by the past, can avert more tragedy and bring about the reconciliation of her family. 2002.Courage in the storm
By Thomas H Raddall. 1987
Cold clear morning
By Lesley Choyce. 2002
After his childhood sweetheart Laura's drug-related death, Taylor Colby returns to their Nova Scotia coastal village to live once again…
with his noble but isolated boat-builder father. His mother, who has been battling cancer, attempts to reconcile with both her husband and son whom she deserted decades earlier. 2002.Blue water: a tale of the deep-sea fishermen (Formac Fiction Treasures Ser.)
By Frederick William Wallace, Brook Taylor. 2006
First published in 1914, "Blue Water" is set in the early 1900s and traces the adventures of "Shorty" Westhaver from…
boyhood to young manhood, in the dangerous and often tragic world of the Grand Banks fishery. c2006.