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Pas un jour: roman
By Anne Garréta. 2002
Douze chapitres qui constituent autant de récits de rencontres et de désir, les rencontres et les désirs d'une femme, l'auteure,…
qui aime les femmes. Une autofiction très distanciée, très froide, qui entreprend de parler de soi tout en s'y refusant, ce qui ne facilite ni le travail de l'auteure ni celui du lecteur. 2002.The heart does not bend: a novel
By Makeda Silvera. 2002
When Maria Galloway dies, she leaves everything to her spoiled, wayward grandson, Vittorio. Her only granddaughter, Molly, whom she raised…
from infancy, is left to confront the unyielding bitterness Maria harboured against her. As Molly begins to trace the complex interrelationships in her loving but divided family, she recalls her idyllic childhood, spent in her grandmother's sky-blue house in Jamaica. 2002.The featherbed: a novel
By John Miller. 2002
When Anna and Sadie discover the diaries of their mother, Rebecca, after her death, they learn that her life was…
far more complex than either of them knew. She was a garment worker in early-1900s New York, the reluctant wife in an arranged marriage to an ailing and abusive husband, and the improbable friend of a pregnant prostitute. The diaries also point to a family secret and questions about Sadie's parentage. Some strong language. 2002.Philippe avec un grand H (Roman ado. 47)
By Guillaume Bourgault. 2003
Philippe, étudiant au secondaire, découvre qu'il est homosexuel. Le roman raconte le douloureux mais courageux cheminement d'un adolescent vers l'acceptation…
de son orientation sexuelle. De la négation à la dissimulation, de l'aveu aux conflits, le garçon trouve sa voie et son équilibre. Il connaît des revers, comme lorsqu'il est en amour avec Stéphano et que ce dernier tombe dans les bras d'Hélène, sa meilleure amie. Mais Philippe peut compter, à divers moments difficiles, sur de bons amis et sur une mère compréhensive. -- L'auteur, lui-même jeune homosexuel, s'est inspiré de sa propre expérience pour relater l'histoire de Philippe. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2003.Projections privées (Roman 16/96 ; #9)
By Raymond Plante. 1997
À la mort de sa femme, un homme d'âge mur découvre qu'elle était lesbienne et menait une double vie. Il…
décide de rencontrer l'autre femme, une joueuse de tennis victime d'un accident, et de l'aider dans ses projets. 1997.Strong hollow: a novel
By Linda Little. 2001
After his drunken father's death, Jackson, alone in his big brawling family, tries to earn a living as a bootlegger.…
One summer he meets Ian, a fiddler, and for a few weeks he grasps the joy he has craved all his life. In the terrible wake of their affair, Jackson discovers that hollowness can be a source of power. Strong language, some descriptions of violence and sex. 2001.One man's trash: stories
By Ivan E Coyote. 2002
A collection of stories about being gay and searching out new frontiers on the road and on the home front.…
Includes stories of Coyote's attempts to get married in Vegas with her girlfriend, her heroic horse-riding aunt, and a family of beaver-eating eccentrics. 2002.Tipping the velvet (A virago V Ser.)
By Sarah Waters. 1999
In the bawdy music halls of the late-19th century, Nan is captivated by Kitty Butler, a male impersonator. She manages…
to meet her heroine and soon after becomes her dresser. Heading for the bright lights of London they form a double act while privately, a love affair begins. Descriptions of sex and strong language. 1999.Spelling Mississippi: a novel
By Marnie Woodrow. 2002
Cleo, a Canadian on holiday in New Orleans, is sitting alone on a French Quarter wharf late one November night…
when a woman clad in full evening dress takes a running leap off the wharf into the river. When the woman, whom Cleo has assumed was dead by suicide, reappears a few nights later on the late evening news, Cleo is determined to find her. Both women make some startling self-discoveries and even find romance when Cleo finds the mysterious woman at last. 2002.L'amour impuni
By Claire Martin. 2000
Le narrateur est amoureux et il n'a que faire des préjugés provoqués par son idylle avec celui qui pourrait être…
son jeune frère. Un propos éternel revisité avec l'assurance et la sensibilité qui caractérisent la plume de cette grande dame de la littérature québécoise.Bad boy
By Diana J Wieler. 1989
When A.J. is accepted on the Triple A hockey team, he believes that his life is finally coming together. But…
everything falls apart when he discovers that his best friend, Tulsa, is gay. Winner of the 1989 Governor General's Award. For junior and senior high readers. 1989.Magic eight ball
By Marion K Douglas. 2000
The story of Julia Raine as she crosses into adulthood and life deals her one surprise after another. From childhood…
crushes, to accidental motherhood, to an unexpected love affair, Julia is looking for the magic answers that will make sense of her world and banish her anxieties. Some descriptions of sex. 2000.After the fire
By Jane Rule. 1989
Four women sense that love has failed them. As they try to put their lives in order, they come to…
value their friendship with each other. Set in an island community off the British Columbia coast. Some strong language. Winner of the 1991 CNIB Torgi Award. 1989.Enduring love: a novel
By Ian McEwan. 1997
On a windy spring day in the Chilterns the calm organised life of Joe Rose is shattered by a ballooning…
accident. It could all have ended in mere tragedy, but for his brief meeting with Jed Parry. Unknown to Rose, something passes between them, resulting in a powerful obsession. Rose's scientific rationalism, threatens the love of his wife Clarissa and drives him to take desperate measures to stay alive.A question of manhood
By Robin Reardon. 2010
November 1972. The Vietnam War is rumored to be drawing to a close, and for sixteen-year-old Paul Landon, the end…
can’t come soon enough. The end will mean his older brother Chris, the family’s golden child, returning home from the Army for good. But while home on leave, Chris entrusts Paul with a secret: He’s gay. And when Chris is killed in action, Paul is beset by grief and guilt, haunted by knowledge he can’t share. For senior high and older readers. 2010.A Parisian from Kansas
By Philippe Tapon. 1997
Tapon describes his meeting with Darren, an HIV-positive gay American living in Paris, and Darren's wish to have a book…
written about his life. The author then blends fiction with autobiography, keeping the reader informed of the novel's progress as Darren tells his story. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1997.A boy at the edge of the world (Essential prose series ; #146)
By David K Yeh. 2018
Meet the Garneau boys, triplets from small-town Ontario. Daniel the "eldest" is gay, and moves to Toronto with his best…
friend Karen to attend university. Eventually, he meets David, a bike mechanic whose Catholic Italian mother talks to her dead husbands. Their chemistry is immediate, but Daniel is still drawn to his ex-boyfriend Marcus, a performance artist whose grandfather was a book-burning Nazi. A a rollicking dramedy that explores the compulsive and (ultimately) universal human pursuit of intimacy, sex, and love. 2018.A country of old men: the last Dave Brandstetter mystery
By Joseph Hansen. 1991
Despite failing health and his lover's objections, gay, wealthy, ex-private investigator Dave Brandstetter comes out of retirement for one last…
case. A young bruised boy claims he was kidnapped after witnessing a shooting. The victim is an ex-con crack addict and rock guitarist, and the girl who kidnapped the child is a suspect. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. 1991.