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When calls the heart (Canadian West series. #1.)
By Janette Oke. 1983
A lovely eastern schoolteacher from a well-to-do family heads for the Canadian frontier convinced that she will never fall for…
any of the rough and rowdy adventurers of the West. But she forgets her conviction after meeting Wynn Delaney, a handsome Royal Canadian Mountie. Followed by "When comes the spring" (DC07695). 1983. (Canadian west ; 1)The lost salt gift of blood: new & selected stories
By Alistair MacLeod. 1988
Set primarily in Cape Breton, these short stories describe the lives of fishermen, farmers, miners and lighthouse keepers, and the…
stark and beautiful landscape of the island where they live. 1988.Spring's gentle promise (Seasons of the heart. #4.)
By Janette Oke. 1989
Joshua Jones has taken over the family farm and it is now his responsibility to look after Grandpa and Uncle…
Charlie. Times are hard and Josh has to leave the family farm to look for other work. However his faith in God and the loving support of family and friends sees him through the dark times. Sequel to "Winter is not forever" (DC20460). 1989.Box socials: a novel
By W. P Kinsella. 1991
Jamie O'Day reminisces about Truckbox Al McClintock as he describes the the various people who inhabited the area around Edmonton…
in the 1940s, and the courtships, weddings, fights, dances and box socials that were a part of their daily lives. 1991.They called her Mrs. Doc (Women of the West ; #5)
By Janette Oke. 1992
Cassie falls in love with an intern and their future looks bright until he discloses his intention of practicing medicine…
on the Western frontier. Cassie must face many uncertainties in her new role as a doctor's wife. Sequel to "A woman named Damaris" (DC11272), followed by "Measure of a heart". 1992. (Women of the West ; 5)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)Infini (Prose)
By Jean Babineau. 2019
Parc national de Kouchibouguac : un endroit très prisé des amateurs de plein-air, mais aussi un drame social interminable qui…
est devenu, 50 ans plus tard, le sujet de ce roman enlevant où l'histoire contemporaine est racontée dans un style qui mélange le réalisme magique à l'univers parfois tordu de la fonction publique et des médias. L'auteur relate avec brio les tristes évènements de 1969 quand les gens de 7 villages côtiers du Nouveau-Brunswick furent injustement expropriés de leurs logis, dont les célèbres Jackie et Yvonne Vautour.Madame Perfecta: roman
By Antonine Maillet. 2001
L'auteur fait revivre la mémoire de celle qui a tenu la barre de sa maison durant vingt ans. Madame perfecta…
dont la jeunesse dans l'Espagne franquiste fut marquée par des drames secrets et de grandes passions est l'héroine de ce roman qui, entre vie réelle et vie rêvée, brosse le portrait d'une femme d'exceptionSable Island—Imagine! (Porcupine Chapter Books)
By Janet Barkhouse. 2010
Sable Island is home to hundreds of wild horses, and thousands of seals and birds. Yet fewer than ten people…
live there. Because it is far from the mainland, people rarely have a chance even to visit this amazing Canadian island made of sand. Imagine you are one of those rare visitors! Grades K-3.Les chants du large
By Emma Hooper. 2018
Il y a, sur une île éloignée, une famille qui lutte pour freiner l'inéluctable exode. Alors que le nombre d'habitants…
et de bateaux diminue, les Connor s'attendent au pire. Cora tue le temps en décorant les maisons abandonnées aux couleurs de pays lointains, tandis que ses parents sont contraints d'accepter un emploi en alternance au loin. Puis il y a Finn, l'ingénieux garçon du clan qui, du haut de ses onze ans, toise la tempête qui se profile à l'horizon. Il ne laissera pas sa famille cabossée couler ainsi. Il fera revenir les poissons. Porté par un imaginaire vif et salin, « Les chants du large » nous emporte sur les rivages du réel avec l'aplomb tranquille des loups de mer. Emma Hooper, l'auteure acclamée d'Etta et Otto (et Russell et James), mélange ici le caractère épique des légendes d'autrefois et un juste portrait de ces gens qui ont confié leur vie à la mer.Larkin on the Shore
By Jean Mills. 2019
Larkin Day is a messed up 15-year-old. She just escaped a nasty Grade 10 year to spend summer with her…
grandmother in seaside Nova Scotia. It's the perfect setting to seek healing by putting all her energies into a local caf? project. If you're hurting, she learns, one of the best solutions is to invest yourself in something that can make you feel like you're part of something bigger than yourself. But when an arsonist attempts to destroy the project, Larkin is forced to figure out a way to expose the criminal while keeping her life from coming off the rails again.Operation Wormwood: A Newfoundland And Labrador Crime Thriller
By Helen Escott. 2018
An elderly man is carried into the emergency department of the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s, setting off a…
chain of events that leaves doctors mystified. He is the first of many victims suffering from severe nosebleeds and excruciating pain. Dr. Luke Gillespie and Nurse Agatha Catania investigate their symptoms but are unable to diagnose them. The only thing they have in common is Sgt. Nicholas Myra, an investigator with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary.Dr. Gillespie and Sgt. Myra join forces to solve this twisted mystery. But the story takes a critical turn when Sister Pius, a nun from Mercy Convent, informs them about Wormwood: a disease she believes is created by God to kill perpetrators of the most heinous crimes. Wormwood becomes an international media storm when parish priest Father Peter Cooke holds a news conference on the steps of the Basilica of St. John the Baptist and announces that God has unleashed a plague upon the earth.Is God truly punishing these criminals, or is a serial killer targeting them? Dr. Gillespie and Sgt. Myra race to find answers, while the Roman Catholic hierarchy starts bringing people back to the Church in droves . . . by cashing in on what it claims to be a miracle.Talking to the moon /
By Jan L. Coates. 2018
Katie Dupuis Pearson wants to find her real mother; her only clues are her Lavender Lady, a piece of amethyst,…
and a bookmark from Lunenburg. While spending a month in lovely Lunenburg with her foster mother, Katie makes friends with estranged sisters, Aggie and Jessie Langille. Katie becomes fascinated by stories about their ancestor, Catherine Marguerite Langille, one of the original Foreign Protestant Lunenburg settlers in 1753. Like Katie, Catherine was friends with the Moon. Like Katie, Catherine was uprooted, forced to transplant herself. Will Katie find her own roots buried deep within the Lunenburg soil? Or will she be uprooted yet again? Grades 5-8. 2018.In the wake
By Nicola Davison. 2018
When Emily and her family move back to Nova Scotia from Calgary, it is a return to the coastal landscape…
that already haunts her--and the waters where her father died. She meets her neighbour Linda, a gruff but loving widow and Linda's grown son, Tom, who struggles to stay on an even keel. As they settle in, Emily and her husband, Daniel learn more about the short but turbulent history of the house they've just bought. With Daniel away for work, Emily becomes caught up in the lives of her neighbours, relying on Linda's friendship and growing closer to Tom, despite his unsettling knack for appearing when she least expects him. As the tension in each family builds, both Emily and Linda must confront long-unanswered questions. 2018.Beholden
By Lesley Crewe. 2018
The story begins with Nell, the "spinster on the hill" near St. Peter's, Cape Breton. Scarred by her own childhood,…
she swears she could never love a child and that she will never marry, denying herself a life with the man she loves. She's proven wrong when a baby is born just down the road from her. Her love of little Jane, despite herself, propels us forward through generations trying to untangle their own traumas and secrets. Eventually, we meet Bridie-joyful, kind, capable Bridie-and see her struggling through the echoing pain of those who came before her. Her choices, her bravery, her "nest of wonderful women," and her ultimate refusal to settle for anything less than love, eventually redeem her and everyone around her-even the spinster on the hill. 2018.Autant
By Paulette Dubé. 2018
Our homesick songs
By Emma Hooper. 2018
The fish have mysteriously disappeared, and in the fishing village of Big Running most families had no choice but to…
relocate and find work elsewhere. Aidan and Martha Connor now spend alternate months of the year working at an energy site up north to support their children, Cora and Finn. Plagued by romantic temptations new and old, the emotional distance between Aidan and Martha only widens. Finn Connor develops an obsession with solving the mystery of the missing fish, and is aided by his reclusive music instructor Mrs. Callaghan. Cora spends her days decorating the abandoned houses but--desperate for a bigger life beyond the small town--takes matters into her own hands. 2018.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.Caplin Scull: chronicles from a Newfoundland outport on the eve of confederation
By M. T Dohaney. 2017
Meet the unique people of Caplin Scull, a small village on Newfoundland's sea-ravaged east coast, where life is hard and…
the times are changing as the province of Newfoundland is about to join the nation of Canada. Like the houses, those who live here must be sturdy, courageous and determined, able to withstand a rugged life in a world that still keenly feels the pull of its Irish ancestors and the influence of the powerful Catholic Church. In that place of hardship there is also love, endurance, spirituality, and humour. The folks here have figured out how to cope through the wry acceptance of their lot in life: work hard, die hard, and go to hell afterward. 2017. Uniform title: Short stories.La petite poule d'eau (Compact Ser. #No. 48)
By Gabrielle Roy. 1980
La Poule d'eau est une contrée doucement sauvage située au Nord-Ouest du Manitoba. Sauvage par sa végétation et son climat,…
c'est toutefois un pays hautement humanisé, par la qualité d'amour, de solidarité et de mansuétude qui caractérise ses rares habitants. c1950, 1980.