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The friends of meager fortune

By David Adams Richards. 2006

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, Family stories, General fiction, Historical fiction
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

Postwar New Brunswick. Mary Jameson, the widow of a lumber magnate, hopes to stymie the prophecy she receives from a…

fortune-teller - that her oldest son will be powerful and her younger son will bring glory upon the family, but they will be the end of the family. When Will, the brash older brother, suffers a fatal logging accident, and Owen, the intellectual younger son, returns a wounded hero from WWII, it seems the prophecy may come true. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. 2006.

The Confessions of Nipper Mooney: a novel

By Ed Kavanagh. 2001

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, General fiction, School stories
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

On a beautiful morning out in the meadow, Nipper Mooney experiences both the phenomenon of lost time and the death…

of his father. Soon he is sent to All Angels, a rigid Catholic school where Nipper, a sensitive and inquisitive boy, only finds more questions. He survives this claustrophobic and often violent world by becoming a reader, a dreamer, and developing a scrappy toughness, as he journeys through the beauties and horrors of childhood. Some strong language. 2001.

The Halifax connection: A Novel Of Canada And The American Civil War

By Marie Jakober. 2007

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, Historical fiction, Spy stories, Romance, War stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

1862. As the American Civil War heats up, Southern Confederates flood into Montreal and Halifax, planning secret missions against the…

Union, missions they hope will provoke a war between England and the United States. Erryn Shaw, a British aristocrat banished to the colonies, is convinced to spy for the British. On a mission to Montreal, he gets wind of a sinister plot - and he can't seem to find a way to stop it. Some descriptions of sex and violence and some strong language. 2007.

The deception of Livvy Higgs

By Donna Morrissey. 2012

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

For two traumatic days, Livvy Higgs is besieged by a series of small heart attacks while the ghost of her…

younger self leads her back through her past. She must pick apart the lies and secrets told by her greedy, prideful father, Durwin Higgs, who judges her a failure, and her formidable Grandmother Creed, who has mysteriously aligned herself with Livvy's father, despite their mutual hatred. 2012.

The Blythes are quoted

By L. M Montgomery. 2009

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, Family stories, Gentle fiction, Historical fiction, Short stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

Adultery, illegitimacy, misogyny, revenge, murder, despair, bitterness, hatred, and death - usually not the terms associated with L.M. Montgomery. In…

this her last work, Montgomery brought these topics to the forefront, in stories featuring a grown up Anne and her family around the time of the First World War. 2009.

The birth house

By Ami McKay. 2006

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Award winning fiction, Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, General fiction, Historical fiction
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

Young Dora Rare befriends Marie Babineau, the local midwife, who wants Dora as her successor. After initial reluctance and intensive…

training, Dora is left the practice on the eve of her marriage to Archer Bigelow. When Dr. Gilbert Thomas arrives with the promise of fast, painless childbirth, Dora is determined, despite fierce opposition, to protect the birthing traditions and women's wisdom that have been passed down to her. Some descriptions of violence and strong language. Descriptions of sex. Winner of the 2007 OLA Evergreen Award. Canada Reads 2011. 2006.

The bishop's man

By Linden MacIntyre. 2009

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Award winning fiction, Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, General fiction, Historical fiction, Mysteries and crime stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

Father Duncan MacAskill is called The Exorcist, for at his bishop's bidding he drives out priests who molest children to…

discreet clinics or far-off parishes. When MacAskill is sent to a rural parish in his native Cape Breton, he encounters a troubled young man who appears to be the victim of a notorious priest. MacAskill, struggling with his own demons, is determined to help this man, regardless of the consequences for the church. Strong language and some descriptions of sex and violence. Winner of the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize. 2009.

The architects are here

By Michael Winter. 2007

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, General fiction
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

When a freak accident blows out the windows of novelist Gabriel English's apartment, driving a billboard into his bed, he…

is forced to come to terms with the disappearance of his lover Nell. He returns home to Newfoundland with his childhood friend David, and discovers that Nell may be implicated in injuring David's father. The friendship between Gabriel and David is tested, there are revelations, confrontations, and a denouement with the Hurley clan, a family both men have feared since childhood. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex, some violence. 2007.

Sea of tranquility: a novel

By Lesley Choyce. 2003

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, General fiction, Humourous fiction
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

For Sylvie, Ragged Island is the only world she has ever known, and she plans to live out her years…

there. When the Nova Scotia government decides to shut down the ferry service to the island, the residents see their world beginning to disappear. Strong language. 2003.

Douze chansons pour Évelyne: roman ((Quai no 5).)

By Fredric Gary Comeau. 2016

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

" 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.

No great mischief

By Alistair MacLeod. 1999

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

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.

Glass voices

By Carol Bruneau. 2007

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

Lucy and Harry Caines lose their house and first child in the 1917 Halifax Explosion, and carve out a life…

for themselves and their second child in a survivor's village of ramshackle houses, gambling, moonshine, and illegal fishing. Fifty-two years later, with Lucy's son married to the daughter of her worst enemy and her grandson Robert quitting school to go on a hippie pilgrimage, the family is forced to work together when Harry suffers a severe stroke, and gains a new perspective on the past. Some descriptions of sex. Some strong language. 2007.

Catching the light

By Susan Sinnott. 2018

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Award winning fiction, Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

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.

Glass boys: A Novel

By Nicole Lundrigan. 2011

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

When Roy Trench is killed in a drunken prank gone wrong, his brother Lewis blames the abusive alcoholic, Eli Fagan,…

and hated grows between the two families of Knife's Point, Newfoundland. Desperate to smother the painful past with love, Lewis marries Wilda, and takes pleasure in their two children, Melvin and Toby. But as he watches his small family fracture, the darkness of the past begins to cloud the present, leading Lewis back to Eli Fagan - and his watchful stepson, Garrett Glass. Strong language, descriptions of sex and violence. 2011.

February

By Lisa Moore. 2009

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

Helen is a woman shattered by the drowning death of her husband, Cal. Now in her mid-50s and reconciled to…

loneliness, Helen sews prom and wedding dresses for a living and cares for her grandchildren. After having spent half a lifetime picking up the pieces after Cal's death, she has taken the major step of renovating the house, and finds herself unexpectedly stirred by the presence of her carpenter, Barry. 2009.

Fall on your knees

By Ann-Marie MacDonald. 1996

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Award winning fiction, Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

In the first quarter of the twentieth century, an ambitious Cape Breton father and his Lebanese child-bride raise four extraordinary…

girls. Kathleen is a gifted singer preparing for an opera career; Frances is the bad girl, an incorrigible liar; Mercedes is an obsessive Catholic, trying to protect the flock; but it is Lily who takes us on a quest for truth and redemption. Strong language and descriptions of sex and violence. Canada Reads 2010. Co-winner of the 1997 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 1996.

Courage in the storm

By Thomas H Raddall. 1987

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille
Greta travels by horse and buggy to sell her brooms, but she becomes lost in a storm while crossing the frozen river. Set in Nova Scotia. Grades 2-4. 1987.

Cape Breton Road

By D. R MacDonald. 2000

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fiction, East coast fiction
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

It is the late 1970s, and nineteen-year-old Innis Corbett is deported from his home near Boston for car theft and…

returned to his mother's birthplace on Cape Breton Island to stay with his uncle Starr. Desperate to get away, Innis starts to grow a secret cash crop of marijuana and looks for a car to steal. When Starr's girlfriend comes to stay while fleeing another relationship, a bitter jealous rivalry begins to rage between the two men that leads ultimately to violence. 2000.

Anne of the island: an Anne of Green Gables story (Anne of Green Gables. #3.)

By L. M Montgomery. 1962

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

Anne's world is changing -- childhood friends are marrying and Anne herself leaves P.E.I. for college. She hopes for love,…

but it seems to elude her. Sequel to "Anne of Avonlea" (DC14239). Followed by "Anne's house of dreams" (DC00862). Grades 5-8. 1962. 1915. (Anne of Green Gables ; 3)

Alligator: A Novel

By Lisa Moore. 2005

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Award winning fiction, Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

Intertwined characters knowingly, and even wilfully, place themselves in danger. Colleen watches violent videos, tries her hand at eco-terrorism, and…

finally runs away to find alligators in Louisiana. Madeleine, her aunt, scrambles to finish a movie while ignoring her failing health. And Frank, a 19-year-old still reeling from his mother's death, obsesses over Colleen and finds himself intertwined with Valentin, a bloodthirsty Russian gangster. Some descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. 2005.

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