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Humourous fiction
Emma a sacrifié sa carrière à sa famille, chose qu'elle regrette. Sa librairie périclite, sa fille a honte d'elle, son… fils vit reclus et son mari est constamment fatigué. Lorsqu'un ancien collègue lui propose d'accueillir Stephenie Meyer, Emma y voit l'occasion de relancer son commerce. Mais le soir de la rencontre une vieille dame jette un sort à toute sa famille. Livre comportant du langage grossier, de la violence et des passages de nature sexuelle. 2012. Titre uniforme: Happy family.
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General fiction, Humourous fiction
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Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, General fiction, Humourous fiction
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.
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Humourous fiction, Mysteries and crime stories, Legal stories, Short stories
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Humourous fiction, Mysteries and crime stories, Legal stories
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Humourous fiction, Humour, Sports and games
Outdoor humourist McManus' essays are on subjects such as filleting fish, tying flies and shooting marbles. Some of his cronies… include Retch Sweeney and Rancid Crabtree, an extraordinary mountain man. Bestseller 1987.
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Humourous fiction
Nick Robertson has become used to his grandmother Rosie's dotty behaviour. At 86, a widow now, she is determined that… before life passes her by, she will live a little. Or, preferably, a lot. It wouldn't be so bad if Nick had nothing else to do, but with a job to find, two warring parents to cope with and a love life in terminal decline, he would prefer his grandmother to get on with things quietly. But, Rosie insists, there is no time like the present. Includes strong language. 2004.
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Humourous fiction
Distraught at the loss of his inspiration, Lionel Savage, a poet from Victorian London, accidentally conjures the Devil and realizes… that he has inadvertently sold his rich wife's soul to him, and plots a rescue mission to Hell with an assortment of unlikely companions. 2016.
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General fiction, Humourous fiction
A bawdy comic novel centring on Sebastian Dangerfield, an ex-G.I. living in post-war Dublin with his wife and child, and… who occasionally studies at Trinity College. The author uses his main character to express "the sheer ache of living". 1963.
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Humourous fiction
In this final book about the Great Brain J.D. narrates eight more tales about how his big brother, Tom, now… thirteen, continues to swindle people out of their money. Tom convinces J.D. to sell bars of soap, he almost outwits Polly Reagan in the spelling bee, and he helps rescue a gang of outlaws. Grades 4-7. 1995.
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Canadian fiction, Prairie fiction, Friendship stories, Humourous fiction
Meet the endearing but flawed residents of an Edmonton cul-de-sac, just after the scandalous death of a neighbour and the… sudden news that their land is about to be repossessed by the university. When mysterious signs begin to appear saying LET'S FIX IT, the block - including a sacked university professor, a once-ambitious, pregnant haiku expert living in her parents' basement, and a quiet but polite stranger - is galvanized in a wild attempt to save their homes. c2006.
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Family stories, Humourous fiction
Humourist Erma Bombeck takes us on a guided tour of the suburbs. With her own family as the model, she… describes the bizarre experiences every family will face when moving to the suburbs, beginning with jumping in the station wagon. 1988, c1976.
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Family stories, Humourous fiction
In "The good luck glasses", Nomi has some bad luck when she turns seven - she can't see the blackboard… at school, gets in trouble for squinting at her brother, and trips over the cat. A trip to the eye doctor, and a pair of funky orange glasses, solves everything. Grades K-3. 2000. Taped with: "Name that Ed" by Laura Driscoll. Ed goes to a family reunion full of other Eds, like Red Ed and Well-fed Ed. Can Ed get himself a nickname too? Grades K-3. 2002. Taped with: "Cinderella bigfoot" by Mike Thaler. Poor Cinderella's feet are so big that she's considered a safety hazard and isn't invited to the ball! Grades K-3. 1997. Stories for the 2003 CNIB Summer Reading Club.
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General fiction, Humourous fiction
This is London 1945, when all nice people are poor. The author sets us down among the girls of good… family but slender means as they fight it out, from their Kensington hostel to the last clothing coupon until this light-hearted period in their lives descends into horror and tragedy. 1966.
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Family stories, Humourous fiction, Romance
Young Jerry West has a few problems. His uncle Crispin is broke and employs a butler who isn't all he… seems. His other uncle Willoughby is rich but won't hand over any of his inheritance. And to cap it all, although already engaged, Jerry has just fallen in love with the wonderful Jane Hunnicutt, whom he's just met on jury service. But she's an heiress, and that's a problem too - because even if he can extricate himself from his grasping fiancée Jerry can't be a gold-digger. 1970.
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Humourous fiction
On June 14, 2007, the king and prime minister of Sweden went missing from a gala banquet at the Royal… Castle. Later it was said that both had fallen ill. The truth is different. The real story starts much earlier, in 1961, with the birth of Nombeko Mayeki in a shack in Soweto. Nombeko was fated to grow up fast and die early in her poverty-stricken township. But Nombeko takes a different path. She finds work as a housecleaner and eventually makes her way up to the position of chief advisor, at the helm of one of the world's most secret projects. South Africa developed six nuclear missiles in the 1980s then voluntarily dismantled them in 1994. This is a story about the seventh missile... the one that was never supposed to have existed. 2014. Uniform title: Analfabeten som kunde räkna
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Animal stories, Humourous fiction
The small furry Gigglers' favourite punishment for adults who are unfair to children is to place dog poo in their… path. Now the Gigglers are after Mr. Mack and plan to use his family's dog, Rover (who can talk), to supply the poo. But perhaps they are making a mistake. Grades 2-4. 2000.
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Animal stories, Humourous fiction
A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team of a giraffe, a pelican,… and a monkey. Together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true. Grades 3-6. 1985.
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Humourous fiction, Short stories, War stories
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General fiction, Humourous fiction
Gina, the 11-year-old head of the Get Rich Quick Club, cooks up a crazy scheme to make money buy selling… a story about visiting aliens to a tabloid. But before the club knows it, their UFO photo touches off a nationwide frenzy, they have their pictures in newspapers across the country, and masses of "UFO nuts" flood their town. Grades 3-6. 2004.