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The fishers of paradise
Par Rachael Preston. 2016
The boathouse community along the shores of Dundas Marsh has come under siege, and young Egypt Fisher is faced with…
the prospect of losing her home. Members of Hamilton’s City Beautiful Movement have planned a new bridge through their neighbourhood and the boathouses are being destroyed, their owners relocated. Soon, however, it’s clear that politicians and gentrification aren’t the only threats to Egypt’s paradise. At first Egypt is thrilled to have her family reunited when her father, Ray, suddenly returns after a mysterious six-year absence. But Ray Fisher has demons, and his wife, Laura, has secrets. Together, they turn the Fisher house into an emotional tinderbox, and when handsome Matt Oakes drifts into town, he could be just the spark to ignite it. 2016.Amphibian
Par Carla Gunn. 2009
Sensitive, intelligent nine-year-old Phineas Walsh has an encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world and the environment. He's broken up over…
his grandfather's death, his grandmother's sadness, and his parents' separation. When his Grade 4 class gets an Australian pet frog, Phin can't bear to see Cuddles penned up in a cage so far from his natural habitat, so he and his best pal, Bird, are spurred to action. Some strong language. 2009.Dare (Irwin Young Adult Fiction Ser.)
Par Marilyn Halvorson. 1988
When his grandmother dies, 16-year-old Dare fears that he and his brother, 12-year-old Ty, will be put in foster homes.…
They are taken in by a teacher, Laura McConnell. Ty, quiet and studious, settles into his new life, but rebellious Dare is haunted with the belief that he was responsible for his mother's death. Junior and Senior High. 1988.Sur une île inventée
Par Maryse Rouy. 2018
" Léa et Alice, qui sont en 2e secondaire, doivent faire une recherche sur un événement de l'histoire du Québec.…
Le tirage au sort leur attribue l'Expo 67. La grand-mère de Léa, décédée récemment, avait dix-huit ans lors de l'Expo. Après sa mort, la mère de Léa a entassé dans un débarras des boîtes de souvenirs qu'elle n'avait pas le courage de trier. Léa, poussée par l'espoir d'y trouver des objets ou des documents qui pourraient servir à sa recherche, va secrètement fouiller dans les boîtes. Elle tombe d'abord sur une photo, qui l'intrigue au plus haut point, et découvre ensuite le journal intime que sa grand-mère a tenu pendant la durée de l'Expo... "Dans le cœur de Florence: roman
Par Lucie Bergeron. 2019
Florence a 16 ans. Pas d'amis, pas d'amoureux. Mais elle écrit. Elle passe tout son temps à écrire dans son…
cahier, à imaginer, inventer, créer. Quand elle n'écrit pas, ses idées se bousculent comme une rivière en crue. Son écriture est fougueuse, déliée, pas encore domptée. Le rythme de l'urgence. Florence écrit comme elle pense. À la maison, rien n'est simple pour Florence, et elle riposte. Coups de gueule, insolence, provocation. Elle trouve refuge sur la grève, happée par le paysage sauvage de Charlevoix. Elle parle à sa mère, qui n'est plus là. Les épaules appuyées contre la montagne, le coeur sur le rivage. Des garçons gravitent autour d'elle. Manu, Toby, le bluesman. Florence les évite, les désire, les repousse. Seule la création lui permet de garder son équilibre, à cet âge où l'avenir ressemble à un banc de brume. Son cahier d'écriture, dont elle ne se sépare jamais, est sa bouée. Mais elle le perd. Et tout bascule. Poussée dans le vide sans parachute. Elle ira jusqu'au bout dans l'affirmation de sa créationFanny Cloutier ou L'été des grandes vérités: 3
Par Stéphanie Lapointe. 2019
À 14 ans, Fanny Cloutier a entrepris l'écriture d'un journal intime parce qu'elle aime dessiner et parce qu'elle a dû…
aller vivre chez sa tante à Ste-Lorette. Tandis que son père essayait de développer une invention à l'étranger, Fanny devait s'intégrer dans une nouvelle famille et dans une nouvelle école. Puis, elle a déménagé au Japon en étant forcée de laisser Henri derrière elle. Dans ce troisième tome, Fanny revient du Japon et elle compte passer un été de rêves. Henri revient dans sa vie, mais pas pour sortir avec elle. En se sentant plus proche de son père, l'adolescente aimerait arriver à se confier à luiLes enfants brocolis (Gulliver)
Par Mylène Goupil. 2023
Sur la ferme de brocolis de son père, la vie d'Hugo était bien monotone. Mais ça, c'était avant qu'il ne…
trouve un trésor, s'envole en montgolfière à la recherche de sa mère et rencontre Jasmine, que rien n'arrête, Jane, qui sait tout réparer, Mildred, trop occupée à devenir Jack pour se soucier des autresAdèle et compagnie: 1, Portrait de famille (Adèle et compagnie)
Par Sophie Rondeau. 2020
Je m'appelle Adèle Faucher, jai 12 ans et j'habite chez ma tante Audréa avec notre chat Léopold. J'aime dessiner, jouer…
au Monopoly et sauter sur la trampoline (oui, oui, on peut dire LA trampoline!). Parce que je suis dyslexique et dysorthographique, l'école, ce n'est pas facile pour moi. Une chance que mon ami Tom est là pour m'aider. Nous deux, on est inséparables depuis la garderie! Aujourd'hui, une fille de ma classe m'a appris quelque chose de vraiment étrange. Ce soir, en rentrant à la maison, il faut que j'essaie d'en savoir plus... C'est trop mystérieux!Will you, won't you?
Par Jessie Haas. 2000
Shy Madeline "Mad" Parker spends the summer before high school at her grandmother Gam's farm. In addition to taking care…
of her horse, she reluctantly enrolls in Scottish dance classes. Gam is also a state senator, and through her Mad learns how to overcome her insecurities and assert herself. For grades 6-9. 2000Forteresses et autres refuges (Collection III)
Par Rafaële Germain. 2023
Il y a les souvenirs dont elle a hérité, ces histoires qui lui ont été tellement racontées qu'elles ont fini…
par faire partie intégrante de sa mémoire. Il y a les images floues qu'elle garde de son enfance et les récits à partir desquels elle s'est construite. Il y a aussi les souhaits qu'elle porte, des projections dans le futur qui prennent racine dans son passé. À travers l'histoire des premières années de sa mère et celle de ses dernières semaines, en passant par le souvenir des petits chaperons de toutes les couleurs que son père a imaginés pour elle enfant, Rafaële Germain tente de trouver des réponses à la question : que veut-on garder de ce que le monde a déposé en nous?Toutes pour une! (Adèle et compagnie #3)
Par Sophie Rondeau. 2020
Ouf! J'ai un automne chargé ! D'abord, une découverte tout à fait inattendue sur mon balcon est venue chambouler mes…
habitudes. J'ai aussi le projet de réaliser deux murales, une dans la chambre de mon ami Tom et une autre dans la mienne. C'est la première fois que je m'attaquerai à des créations si ambitieuses. Enfin, je veux fabriquer moi-même les cadeaux de Noël de mes proches. Une chose est sûre, je vais être occupée! Cependant, ça ne m'empêchera pas d'être présente pour mes amis et ma famille. Surtout quand une grosse épreuve frappe quelqu'un que j'aimeThe Brother
Par Rein Raud, Adam Cullen. 2008
The Brother is a spaghetti western told in poetic prose, simultaneously paying tribute to both Clint Eastwood and Alessandro Baricco.…
It opens with a mysterious stranger arriving in a small town controlled by a group of men-men who recently cheated the stranger's supposed sister out of her inheritance. Following his arrival, fortunes change dramatically, enraging this group of powerful men.In the Field
Par Claire Tacon. 2011
Ellie Lucan's about as far as she can get from the screwed-up teenager she used to be. She's got a…
doctorate, her husband's a prominent academic, and their children are excelling at a Montessori.When she loses her teaching job, however, she packs up her sons to spend the summer in her hometown. She finds her mother suffering from dementia and the house in squalor, and she is forced to confront small town prejudice towards her biracial sons.As Ellie is drawn back into the community, the strain on her marriage intensifies and she is forced to decide where her loyalties lie.Clare Tacon has an MFA in writing from the University of British Columbia and is a past editor of Prism Magazine. In the Field is her first novel.Rock, Paper, Scissors
Par K. E. Semmel, Naja Marie Aidt. 2015
"The emotions unleashed in this tale . . . are painfully universal. Yet you know exactly where in the universe…
you are. This is the hallmark of great short stories, from Chekhov's portraits of discontented Russians to Joyce's struggling Dubliners."-Radhika Jones, TimeNaja Marie Aidt's long-awaited first novel is a breathtaking page-turner and complex portrait of a man whose life slowly devolves into one of violence and jealousy.Rock, Paper, Scissors opens shortly after the death of Thomas and Jenny's criminal father. While trying to fix a toaster that he left behind, Thomas discovers a secret, setting into motion a series of events leading to the dissolution of his life, and plunging him into a dark, shadowy underworld of violence and betrayal.A gripping story written with a poet's sensibility and attention to language, Rock, Paper, Scissors showcases all of Aidt's gifts and will greatly expand the readership for one of Denmark's most decorated and beloved writers.Naja Marie Aidt was born in Greenland and raised in Copenhagen. She is the author of seven collections of poetry and five short story collections, including Baboon (Two Lines Press), which received the Nordic Council's Literature Prize and the Danish Critics Prize for Literature. Rock, Paper, Scissors is her first novel.K. E. Semmel is a writer and translator whose work has appeared in Ontario Review, the Washington Post, and elsewhere. His translations include books by Karin Fossum, Erik Valeur, Jussi Adler-Olsen, and Simon Fruelund.An Italian Affair
Par Caroline Montague. 2018
'Thoroughly engrossing' - Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton AbbeyLove. War. Family. Betrayal.Italy, 1937. Alessandra Durante is grieving the loss of…
her husband when she discovers she has inherited her ancestral family seat, Villa Durante, deep in the Tuscan Hills. Longing for a new start, she moves from her home in London to Italy with her daughter Diana and sets about rebuilding her life. Under the threat of war, Alessandra's house becomes first a home and then a shelter to all those who need it. Then Davide, a young man who is hiding the truth about who he is, arrives, and Diana starts to find her heart going where her head knows it must not.Back home in Britain as war breaks out, Alessandra's son Robert, signs up to be a pilot, determined to play his part in freeing Italy from the grip of Fascism. His bravery marks him out as an asset to the Allies, and soon he is being sent deep undercover and further into danger than ever before.As war rages, the Durante family will love and lose, but will they survive the war...?'Enthralling...An Italian Affair snares us in an ever-tightening circle of love and despair, secrets and forgiveness' - Joanna LumleyThe Dublin Girls: A powerfully heartrending family saga of three sisters in 1950s Ireland
Par Cathy Mansell. 2020
Dramatic, emotional and romantic, if you love Lorna Cook, Tracy Rees and Jenny Ashcroft, you'll love this gripping and heartrending…
novel from Cathy Mansell, author of A Place to Belong.'Glorious - a cross between Maeve Binchy and Catherine Cookson' 5* early reader review'A superb saga' PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH'A heart-warming story full of characters you'll come to love' ROSIE GOODWIN'Page-turning and compelling... Most highly recommended' MARGARET KAINE'Rarely have I read a book where every character springs from the pages so authentically' JEAN CHAPMAN'A warm-hearted, engaging story' MARGARET JAMES, WRITING MAGAZINEIn 1950s Dublin, life is hard and jobs are like gold dust.Nineteen-year-old Nell Flynn is training to be a nurse and planning to marry her boyfriend, Liam Connor, when her mother dies, leaving her younger sisters destitute. To save them from the workhouse, Nell returns to the family home - a mere two rooms at the top of a condemned tenement.Nell finds work at a biscuit factory and, at first, they scrape through each week. But then eight-year-old Róisín, delicate from birth, is admitted to hospital with rheumatic fever and fifteen-year-old Kate, rebellious, headstrong and resentful of Nell taking her mother's place, runs away.When Liam finds work in London, Nell stays to struggle on alone - her unwavering devotion to her sisters stronger even than her love for him. She's determined that one day the Dublin girls will be reunited and only then will she be free to follow her heart.Look for more gripping, heartwrenching page-turners from Cathy Mansell - don't miss A Place to Belong, out now.Empire of Wild: A Novel
Par Cherie Dimaline. 2019
A #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLEROne of the most anticipated books of the summer for Time, Harper's Bazaar, Bustle and Publishers Weekly'Deftly…
written, gripping and informative. Empire of Wild is a rip-roaring read!' Margaret Atwood'Empire of Wild is doing everything I love in a contemporary novel and more. It is tough, funny, beautiful, honest and propulsive' Tommy Orange, author of There There 'Dimaline turns an old story into something newly haunting and resonant' New York Times'Close, tight, stark, beautiful - rich where richness is warranted, but spare where want and sorrow have sharpened every word. Dimaline has crafted something both current and timeless' NPR'Revelatory... Gritty and engaging, this story of a woman and her missing husband is one of candor, wit and tradition'Ms. Magazine Broken-hearted Joan has been searching for her husband, Victor, for almost a year - ever since he went missing on the night they had their first serious argument. One hung-over morning in a Walmart parking lot in a little town near Georgian Bay, she is drawn to a revival tent where the local Métis have been flocking to hear a charismatic preacher. By the time she staggers into the tent the service is over, but as she is about to leave, she hears an unmistakable voice.She turns, and there is Victor. Only he insists he is not Victor, but the Reverend Eugene Wolff, on a mission to bring his people to Jesus.With only two allies - her Johnny-Cash-loving, 12-year-old nephew Zeus, and Ajean, a foul-mouthed euchre shark with deep knowledge of the old Métis ways - Joan sets out to remind the Reverend Wolff of who he really is. If he really is Victor, his life and the life of everyone she loves, depends upon her success.Inspired by traditional Métis legends, Cherie Dimaline has created a propulsive, stunning and sensuous novel.The Cheffe: A Culinary Novel
Par Marie NDiaye. 2016
The Cheffe is born into a very poor family in Sainte-Bazeille in south-western France, but when she takes a job…
working in the kitchen of a couple in the Landes region, it does not take long before it becomes clear that the Cheffe has an unusual, remarkable talent for cooking. She dreams in recipes, she's always imagining food combinations and cooking times, she hunts down elusive flavours and aromas, and she soon usurps the couple's cook.But for all her genius, the Cheffe remains very secretive about the rest of her life. She becomes pregnant, but will not reveal her daughter's father. She shares nothing of her feelings or emotions. And when the demands of her work and caring for her child become too much, she leaves her baby in the care of her family, and sets out to open her own restaurant, which will soon win rave reviews and be lauded by all.But her relationship with her daughter will never be easy, and before long, it will threaten to destroy everything the Cheffe has spent her life perfecting.'One of the nation's favourite saga writers' Lancashire PostThe Sister's Secret is a powerful new saga from Jennie Felton, in…
her Families of Fairley Terrace series, in the grand tradition of Josephine Cox, Dilly Court, Maggie Hope and Rosie Goodwin of secrets, romance, drama and triumph in the wake of a bitter tragedy.Can she hide the truth to protect those she loves?The Sykes family have lived at Fairley Terrace since their youngest daughter, Rowan, was born. Fiercely clever, Rowan finds it difficult to fit in with the other village children, so when her beloved older sister, Laurel, takes a new job and moves back home, Rowan is overjoyed. Laurel is happy to be with her family - even if she's keeping the real reason for her return to herself. It seems like she's destined to keep repeating the mistakes of her past when it comes to matters of the heart. The two sisters are each longing for excitement and a fresh start, and when familiar faces return to Fairley Terrace, along with an enigmatic new resident, it looks like they might get their wish. But their harmony is about to be shattered by a mysterious stranger who threatens to expose a long-kept secret - and is prepared to stop at nothing to wreak revenge on the family.Don't miss the rest of the Families of Fairley Terrace series, which began with Maggie's story in All The Dark Secrets and continued with Lucy's story in The Miner's Daughter, Edie's story in The Girl Below Stairs, and Carina's story in The Widow's Promise.Music Across the Mersey
Par Geraldine O'Neill. 2017
When a Dublin family is torn apart, can a new start in Liverpool help heal the wounds? 1940s DublinHandsome widower…
Johnny Cassidy is out of work, broken-hearted and lost as to how to look after his four children. At his lowest ebb, he's forced to realise that help sometimes comes from the strangest places. With Johnny's family over the sea in Liverpool, it's his wife's spinster cousin Nora who comes to the rescue and has her life turned upside down by this brood of children. With Nora around, Ella Cassidy can be a teenager again rather than trying to raise her younger siblings, while older brother, Sean, finds that music might be his salvation. It seems that each member of the Cassidy family cherishes secret dreams, but will they bring them together or tear them apart?A warm and inviting story of family and friendship, duty and desire, perfect for fans of Maureen Lee and Lyn Andrews.