Title search results
Showing 101 - 120 of 128 items
January, February, June or July
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.The wise and foolish virgins
By Don Hannah. 1998
In a sedate New Brunswick town, the lives of twelve people collide unexpectedly, and the results will change their lives…
forever. This is a story of family relationships, thwarted love, and past secrets. 1998.Constellations (Vintage contemporaries)
By Janice Kulyk Keefer. 1988
After 15 years, Claire Saulnier returns to Nova Scotia to teach at a local college. She becomes involved with four…
people: Mariette, a disturbed teenager; Bertrand, a self-centred and reluctant teacher from Paris; a promising oboeist from Halifax; and Hector, the college janitor, a dropout from a philosophy Ph.D program. 1988.Anne d'Ingleside: roman (Collection Littérature d'Amérique #No. 10)
By L. M Montgomery, Hélène Rioux. 1990
Mariee depuis quinze ans, Anne a cinq enfants et elle est tout aussi petillante qu'a l'epoque de "Pignons vert". Pourtant,…
un doute s'insinue dans sa tete: Gilbert l'aime-t-il toujours? A-t-elle perdu l'eclat de sa jeunesse? Années 5-8. 1990, c1937. Titre uniforme: Anne of Ingleside.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.There you are
By JoAnne Taylor. 2004
World War II is not long past and life is returning to normal in Cape Breton's lovely Margaree Valley, home…
to just 12 families. But Jeannie Shaw is achingly lonely. When the Parker family moves back to the Valley, Jeannie is thrilled - perhaps among the children is a girl her age. All these thoughts are put aside, however, when a near tragedy strikes Jeannie's family. Grades 4-7. 2004.Waiting for time
By Bernice Morgan. 1995
This sequel to "Random passage" continues the saga of the inhabitants of Cape Random. It also tells the story of…
today's Newfoundland, a place where the past overshadows the present and shapes the future. Lave Andrews, a young professional sent from Ottawa to assess the fisheries crisis, discovers her roots as she explores the province. 1995.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.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.Emily's quest (Seal books)
By L. M Montgomery. 1927
The Black Joke
By Farley Mowat. 1962
All the men are sleeping: collected fiction
By D. R MacDonald. 2002
Short stories of Cape Breton Island that explore the misunderstanding between men and women, the nature of seduction and infidelity,…
and the heartache of longing. For a fisherman in "The flowers of Bermuda", time has not repaid the loss of his young son's life. In the title story, the compassion of a rural doctor imperils a horse and a woman the doctor once loved. Some strong language. 2002.La fille blanche
By Joan Clark, Paul Gagné, Lori Saint-Martin. 2002
Une enfant flottant à travers les glaces dans son panier d'osier, survivante du Titanic, est recueillie par des pêcheurs. Ce…
récit s'intéresse au sort de la rescapée ainsi qu'à celui de plusieurs générations de membres de sa famille. Cadres successifs : Terre-Neuve, l'Angleterre et l'Irlande. 2002.Anne's house of dreams (Anne of Green Gables. #5.)
By L. M Montgomery. 1954
Anne and her new husband, Dr. Gilbert Blythe, embark on an eventful life at Four Winds Harbour. Sequel to "Anne…
of Windy Poplars" (DC03114). Followed by "Anne of Ingleside" (DC01698). Grades 5-8. c1917, 1954. (Anne of Green Gables ; 5)Ash
By David Walker. 1976
Soldier of fortune, member of the Canadian establishment, now wanted for murder, Ash is on the run in the New…
Brunswick bush. An exciting novel with marvellous descriptions of the Canadian woods. 1976.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.At the tide's turn, and other stories (New Canadian library, no. 9)
By Thomas H Raddall. 1959
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.Saints of Big Harbour
By Lynn Coady. 2002
Guy Boucher is a fatherless Acadian teenager, dominated by his alcoholic uncle, and also bullied at school and on the…
hockey rink. All he wants is to use his uncle's truck to attract a girlfriend, but when a courtship goes sour, Guy us caught up in violence and rumour fuelled by malice, booze and ennui. Strong language and descriptions of violence. 2002.No great mischief
By Alistair MacLeod. 1999
Alexander MacDonald shares the story of his family, Scottish immigrants who have been in Canada for almost two hundred years.…
Most of the family's time has been spent on Cape Breton island but in recent times the male members of the family have moved off to become specialist shaft miners in demand around the world. The story of the brothers, their troubles and their triumphs, are shared by Alexander, the youngest among them and the only one not to earn his living in the mines. 1999.