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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.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'exceptionLes 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.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.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.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.Annabel: roman
By Kathleen Winter, Claudine Vivier. 2012
" En 1968, dans un village côtier du Labrador, un enfant mystérieux voit le jour. Ni tout à fait homme,…
ni tout à fait femme, le secret est gardé par trois personnes : Jacinta et Treadway, ses parents, et une voisine, Thomasina, qui sait tenir sa langue. Le roman suit Annabel-Wayne dans sa découverte du monde et la relation complexe quelle entretient avec son autre nature , celle qui refuse de se taire et laccompagne, telle une ombre fidèle, au gré des expériences. À partir de ce qui pourrait ne sembler quun fait divers, Kathleen Winter nous propose une œuvre dune profonde beauté explorant le fondement même de notre identité et de nos sociétés. Qui sommes-nous et pourquoi sommes-nous obligés par la communauté à renoncer à nous-même, qui que nous soyons ? " -- 4e de couv.Douze chansons pour Évelyne: roman ((Quai no 5).)
By Fredric Gary Comeau. 2016
" Les filles ne disent jamais toute la vérité. Les hommes sont trop fragiles pour l'entendre et elles le savent…
très bien. Évelyne a traversé la vie d'Antoine comme un météore. Ensemble, ils ont sillonné l'Amérique, se sont abandonnés à toutes les ivresses, puis elle est repartie comme elle est arrivée, sans prévenir. Antoine se réfugie alors dans la forêt pour composer douze chansons à la mémoire de l'absente. Puis il s'envole pour Tokyo, où il fera la rencontre du mystérieux professeur Aoki et de l'évanescente Akiko. Douze chansons pour Évelyne suit la trajectoire brisée du poète et chanteur acadien Antoine Bourque. Un road novel captivant, entre le Montréal des années quatre-vingt-dix et le Japon d'aujourd'hui, en passant par le Mexique et le Portugal. " -- 4e de couv.Exil en la demeure: roman
By Jean Bello. 2016
" Un Québécois d'origine italienne retourne dans son village natal pour régler une affaire de succession après le décès de…
sa tante. Or, ce qui ne devait être qu'une excursion pour régler des papiers et saluer la famille se transforme en une odyssée dans les dédales administratifs italiens, dans les conventions sociales et, surtout, dans les souvenirs d'une généalogie marquée par l'exil. Avec son style vif et son art de raconter, l'auteur peint des personnages à la fois ordinaires et plus grands que nature, et traduit habilement le malaise qui accompagne ceux à cheval entre deux mondes. C'est un récit de voyage complet, dans les lieux, dans le temps, dans les multiples petites histoires forgeant une communauté, une famille, un homme. Dépaysement assuré. " -- 4e de couv.Le long hiver du jardinier: roman ((Collection Vertiges).)
By Michèle Matteau. 2015
" L'auteure nous livre dans une magnifique prose le monde intérieur du jardinier Léandre Arcand, qui ressasse ses souvenirs au…
centre desquels trône Florence. Son absence le hante, surtout après sa découverte du journal qu'elle tenait au cours du dernier été qu'ils ont passé ensemble à Villery. Le long hiver du jardinier est un roman remarquable. L'auteure berce le lecteur dans une saudade où s'entrelacent ce qui fut et ce qui aurait pu être. Un livre essentiel pour qui a besoin d'entendre encore palpiter la vie sous le poids givré de l'hiver. Suite du roman Du chaos pour une étoile. "Night ambulance
By Nicholas Ruddock. 2016
Following an awkward sexual encounter under a wharf in outport Newfoundland, sixteen-year-old Rowena Savoury travels to St. John’s for a…
secret abortion. But in the early 1970s, the procedure is illegal, and after complications, Rowena finds herself in a hospital being questioned by a young constable who is uncertain of how to proceed. Though she doesn’t know it, Rowena’s decision will ripple through the lives of an entire cast of characters. 2016.Tides of honour
By Genevieve Graham. 2015
In the summer of 1916, Private Daniel Baker, a soldier with Nova Scotia's 25th Battalion, meets Audrey Poulin, a lonely…
French artist, by chance and they fall in love. Danny is wounded in the battle of the Somme and the lovers find themselves building a new life in Halifax just as a new catastrophe threatens. Bestseller. 2015.The promised land: a novel of Cape Breton
By Bill Conall. 2013
Skillfully and hilariously navigates the ebb and flow of island life on Cape Breton, where things go from bad to…
worse to Oh My Goodness! And all the while, the author shares his characters’ belief that “They’re all good days if we’re here to see them.” Awarded the 2014 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal For Humour. 2013.Sweetland
By Michael Crummey. 2014
For twelve generations, the inhabitants of this remote island in Newfoundland have lived and died together. Now they are facing…
resettlement, and each has been offered a generous compensation package to leave. But the money is offered with a proviso: everyone has to go; the government won't be responsible for one crazy coot who chooses to stay on alone. That coot is Moses Sweetland, who refuses to leave. But in the face of determined opposition from his family and friends, Sweetland is eventually swayed to sign on to the government's plan. Then a tragic accident prompts him to fake his own death and stay on the deserted island. As he manages a desperately diminishing food supply, and battles against the ravages of weather, Sweetland finds himself in the company of the vibrant ghosts of the former islanders, whose porch lights still seem to turn on at night. Bestseller. 2014.The strangers' gallery
By Paul Bowdring. 2013
St. John’s archivist Michael Lowe’s life is turned on its head when a Dutch acquaintance, Anton Aalders, arrives on his…
doorstep in 1995. Anton is searching for a father he never met, ostensibly a Newfoundland soldier who was part of the Allied forces that liberated the Netherlands at the end of the WWII. Anton’s visit drags on as he is reluctant to go in search of his father, but keen to learn as much as he can about Newfoundland, its history, and its people. Rabble-rouser and ardent Newfoundland patriot Brendan “Miles” Harnett, Michael’s friend, is obsessed with his own search for the lost “fatherland” of Newfoundland, which relinquished its political independence in 1934. Miles is only too eager to teach Anton - and Michael - the shameful, forgotten history of the lost country of Newfoundland. 2013.Sweetland: a novel
By Michael Crummey. 2015
For twelve generations, the inhabitants of this remote island in Newfoundland have lived and died together. Now they are facing…
resettlement, and each has been offered a generous compensation package to leave. But the money is offered with a proviso: everyone has to go; the government won't be responsible for one crazy coot who chooses to stay on alone. That coot is Moses Sweetland, who refuses to leave. But in the face of determined opposition from his family and friends, Sweetland is eventually swayed to sign on to the government's plan. Then a tragic accident prompts him to fake his own death and stay on the deserted island. As he manages a desperately diminishing food supply, and battles against the ravages of weather, Sweetland finds himself in the company of the vibrant ghosts of the former islanders, whose porch lights still seem to turn on at night. Bestseller. 2015.