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Real mothers: short stories
By Audrey Callahan Thomas. 1981
Real life: short stories
By Sharon Butala. 2002
In these short stories, Butala introduces the reader to a number of women who are experiencing bitter difficulties - cancer,…
rape, beatings from husbands. Throughout the collection, as these women feel trapped by fate or circumstance, the question returns again and again: what is free will and what is unavoidable destiny? Is fate, as she asks in the title story, "met" or "made"? Some descriptions of sex, violence and some strong language. 2002.Misplaced love: short stories
By Maggie Dwyer. 2001
Bright's Crossing: short stories
By Anne Cameron. 1990
Through the lives of eleven women, the tale of a fictional town based on logging, fishing and mining is told.…
These women surmount the problems of jobs, money and family to build a strong community. 1990.Best Maritime short stories
By George Peabody. 1988
Wound ballistics: short stories
By Steven Manners. 2002
Uhuru Street: short stories
By M. G Vassanji. 1992
In this collection of 16 linked stories, Vassanji describes life in Uhuru Street, in the Asian community of Dar es…
Salaam. The stories span the period from the last colonial days of the 1950s, to the 1980s, when many characters have left Uhuru Street and found themselves in Canada or Britain. 1992.New women: short stories by Canadian women, 1900-1920 (Canadian short story library ; #14)
By Sandra Campbell, Lorraine McMullen. 1991
Twenty stories written by Canadian women between 1900 and 1920. The stories reflect the powerful changes which were affecting Canadian…
society, such as the First World War and women's fight for the vote, and the conflicts women faced in both the home and workplace. Although some of the authors are little known today, many went on to enduring reputations, such as L.M. Montgomery, E. Pauline Johnson, and Mazo de la Roche. The stories are prefaced by author biographies. c1991. (Canadian short story library ; 14)The Best American short stories, 1984
By John Updike, Shannon Ravenel. 1984
These 20 American and Canadian stories include "Rosa", in which an elderly Jewish woman's life in Miami reflects aspects of…
her people's history, and "Artificial moonlight", about friendship and the passage of time. 1984.The ability to forget: short stories
By Norman Levine. 2003
Short stories spanning two continents and half a century. In "Gifts", a struggling family receives a timely Christmas gift from…
a mysterious benefactor, while in "The man with the notebook", a writer discovers, to his horror, that everyone he writes about dies soon after. 2003.Swimming toward the light: short stories
By Joan Clark. 1990
These short stories, set in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, show women coming of age, struggling for independence, and finding…
that delicate balance between self and others. Some strong language. 1990.Tales from Firozsha Baag: short stories
By Rohinton Mistry. 1987
These short stories are linked by characters living in a seedy Bombay apartment complex, the Firozsha Baag. The reader meets…
Jehangir the bookworm, Pesi the trickster, Jaakaylee who has seen a ghost, and Kessi who wants to emigrate to Canada. Nominated for the 1988 Governor General's Award. 1987.Tell him you're married: short stories
By Stanley Wm Rogal. 2002
A collection of linked short stories in which an un-named narrator witnesses the day-to-day events that make up relationships. In…
"Hardline," a father and his children don't get along. In "Friends," a group of people play a dangerous drinking game. Some strong language. Some descriptions of violence. 2002.Café le dog: Stories (Penguin short fiction)
By Matt Cohen. 1983
West by northwest: British Columbia short stories
By David Stouck, Myler Wilkinson. 1998
A collection of BC short stories from twenty-five writers. It spans the 20th century, and diverse geography and communities within…
the province. Writers include Bill Reid, Emily Carr, Jack Hodgins, Wayson Choy, George Bowering and Audrey Thomas. c1998.How to get along with women: short stories
By Elisabeth De Mariaffi. 2012
Tales that tighten a tantalizing knot around power, identity, and sexuality, and propel the reader into those pivotal moments where…
we see ourselves for what we truly are. Includes strong language. c2012.Island: the collected short stories of Alistair MacLeod
By Alistair MacLeod. 2000
A collection of Alistair MacLeod's short stories presented chronologically in the order which they were originally written. Includes two previously…
unpublished stories, as well as works featured in "The lost salt gift of blood" and "As birds bring forth the sun."From the fifteenth district: a novella and eight short stories
By Mavis Gallant. 1979
Ranging in time and background from the Italian Riviera in the 1930's to Berlin in the early 1970's, these stories…
explore with consummate artistry the disparity between appearance and reality, and misunderstandings between people. Canada Reads 2008.The Penguin book of contemporary Canadian women's short stories
By Lisa Moore. 2006
Featuring writings from the last two decades, which capture the paranoia of post-9/11, the white noise of the information age,…
dislocation, bomb scares, sexual freedom, aberration, fractured identities, awakenings of every sort, redemption, and love. Includes pieces by such writers as Alice Munro, Margaret Atwood, Mavis Gallant, and Eden Robinson. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2006.By a frozen river: the short stories of Norman Levine
By Norman Levine. 2000
A collection of short stories that examine the complexities of the human condition. In the title story, a Canadian writer…
visits a small rural town in order to collect his thoughts; in "A Small Piece of Blue," a young student travels to a Canadian mining town and in doing so is forced to acknowledge the humble reality behind the great dreams of youth. 2000.