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The girl who was Saturday night
Par Heather O'Neill. 2014
Gorgeous twins Noushcka and Nicolas Tremblay live with their grandfather Loulou in a tiny, sordid apartment on St. Laurent Boulevard.…
Hopelessly promiscuous, wildly funny and infectiously charming, they are also the children of the legendary Québécois folksinger Étienne Tremblay, who was as famous for his brilliant lyrics about working-class life as he was for his philandering bon vivant lifestyle and his fall from grace. Known by the public since they were children, the two siblings have never been allowed to be ordinary. On the eve of their twentieth birthday, the twins’ self-destructive shenanigans catch up with them when Noushcka agrees to be beauty queen in the local St. Jean Baptiste Day parade. The media spotlight returns, and the attention of a relentless journalist exposes the cracks in the family’s relationships. Bestseller. 2014.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.The four seasons of Patrick
Par Susan Hughes. 2013
It's the start of winter, and Patrick is beginning to feel crowded out of his own family. His father's friend,…
Linda, and her seven-year-old daughter, Claire, are coming for dinner again. By the time spring arrives, not only is Patrick's father planning to marry Linda, but she and Claire will be coming to live with them at the summer's end. That just won’t do. So Patrick comes up with a big idea. He'll build a tree house where he can stretch out his arms and breathe. Grades 3-6. 2013.The friends of meager fortune
Par David Adams Richards. 2006
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 evening chorus: a novel
Par Helen Humphreys. 2015
Resigned to living out the Second World War in a German POW camp, James Hunter, an English officer, begins studying…
a pair of redstarts near the camp. His interest in the birds captures the attention of the Kommandant and gives James cause to fear for his life. Meanwhile, back in England, James's young wife, Rose, falls headlong into a passionate affair with another man. Bestseller. 2015.The Debba
Par Avner Mandelman. 2010
1977. David Starkman returns from self-imposed exile in Canada to his native Israel after learning of the murder of his…
war hero father, Isser. Isser's will includes an unusual provision - that within 45 days, a controversial play he'd written, 'The Debba', be staged. David, who once belonged to an elite Israeli army unit, decides to fulfill his father's request, while searching for clues to solve the murder. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. Winner of the 2011 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel. 2010.The host: a novel
Par Stephenie Meyer. 2009
The earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their…
bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading 'soul' who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. Includes strong language, sex and violence. 2009.The hole in the middle
Par Kate Hilton. 2013
Sophie Whelan is the epitome of the modern superwoman. When she operates at peak performance, she can cajole balky employees,…
soothe her cranky children, and throw a dinner party for ten — all in the same day. But as Sophie’s fortieth birthday looms, her seamless life reveals disturbing fractures. Conflict with her boss, growing jealousy of her husband’s femme fatale business partner and her feelings of inadequacy as a mother are cracking the edifice of her life. Rescue may be at hand when Lillian Parker, a wealthy widow who befriended Sophie during her university days, makes Sophie an irresistible offer. Why, then, does Sophie hesitate? The answer is the reappearance of Lillian’s nephew, Will Shannon, the great unresolved love of Sophie’s life. As she remembers the drama of their college romance, Sophie confronts the choices she has made in life and looks for the one answer that has always eluded her: what does she really want? Bestseller. 2013.The hesitation cut
Par Giles Blunt. 2015
Nothing could be more serene than the life of Brother William, a young Benedictine monk who had turned his back…
on the world ten years earlier to retreat to a monastery in upstate New York. But then Lauren Wolfe, a troubled young poet, comes to use the library to research a book on Heloise and Abelard; one sight of the faint scars from a failed suicide attempt on Lauren's wrist is enough to turn the monk's life upside down. Every suppressed impulse rises to the surface: his desire to rescue and soothe her trumps his vows of obedience, poverty and chastity. Soon he is simply Peter, a gentle young man who has followed his beloved to New York City because he needs to look out for her, as sincerely as he once pursued his calling. Bestseller. 2015.The Gryphon project
Par Carrie Mac. 2009
In the future, the Chrysalis Corporation can bring people back to life, called a "recon", when they fall victim to…
an early death. Due to a premature birth and a drowning accident at the age of six, teenager Phoenix has already been brought back to life twice, leaving her with only one more recon and a jaded perspective on life, death, and the people around her. When Phoenix's beloved brother Gryphon has a suspicious accident and may not be reconned, she races to solve the mystery of Gryphon's death and save his life. For junior and senior high readers. Some strong language. c2009.The ghost brush
Par Katherine Govier. 2010
In an art gallery in Washington, DC, Rebecca is accosted by a ghost - O-Ei, the daughter of the great…
Japanese printmaker Hokusai, who wants her rightful place in history. She recounts a life of living amongst actors, novelists, tattoo artists and prostitutes, travelling, dodging spies, and making exquisite pictures. Rebecca is left to discover why and how O-Ei vanished from her own time, and from history. Some strong language, some descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. c2010.The custodian of paradise
Par Wayne Johnston. 2006
Sheilagh Fielding - a striking, unconventional, six-foot-three Newfoundland columnist - has holed up on the island of Loreburn after her…
mother dies. There, Fielding senses the presence of her mysterious "Provider," who has shadowed her all her life and whom she has never met face-to-face. As Fielding tells her life story and keeps her secrets, her Provider draws closer. Sequel to "The colony of unrequited dreams" (DC17664). 2006.The break
Par Katherena Vermette. 2016
When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break…
- a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house - she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly, with the victim - police, family, and friends - tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night. Lou, a social worker, grapples with the departure of her live-in boyfriend. Cheryl, an artist, mourns the premature death of her sister Rain. Paulina, a single mother, struggles to trust her new partner. Phoenix, a homeless teenager, is released from a youth detention centre. Officer Scott, a Métis policeman, feels caught between two worlds as he patrols the city. Bestseller. Canada Reads 2017. Winner of the 2017 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award, the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, the 2017 Evergreen Award and the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award. 2016.The boat people
Par Sharon Bala. 2018
When a rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees from Sri Lanka's bloody civil war reaches Vancouver's…
shores, the young father thinks he and his six-year-old son can finally start a new life. Instead, the group is thrown into a detention processing center, with government officials and news headlines speculating that among the "boat people" are members of a separatist militant organization responsible for countless suicide attacks--and that these terrorists now pose a threat to Canada's national security. As the refugees become subject to heavy interrogation, Mahindan begins to fear that a desperate act taken in Sri Lanka to fund their escape may now jeopardize his and his son's chance for asylum. Canada Reads 2018. Bestseller. 2018.The Blythes are quoted
Par L. M Montgomery. 2009
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.Séparations et retrouvailles (Une autre histoire de famille. #3.)
Par Claudie Durand. 2015
Vingt années se sont écoulées depuis que Justine et Pierre ont osé relever le défi de recomposer une famille avec…
six enfants. Après avoir vécu toute la gamme des joies et des peines, le couple peut maintenant aspirer à mener une vie paisible et heureuse dans sa grande maison. La retraite s'annonce pleine de promesses et les amoureux en dégustent chaque instant. Plusieurs petits-enfants sont venus combler le coeur des grands-parents, qui regardent d'un oeil attendri cette marmaille gambadant dans leurs plates-bandes ou leur salon. Mais les petites familles en arrachent... Les nouveaux retraités, déterminés à soutenir leurs proches, pourront-ils parcourir malgré tout le chemin de Compostelle, un audacieux projet pour leurs vieux jours ? Avant ce pèlerinage, peut-être devront-ils s'assurer que leur amour des deux dernières décennies se renouvelle. 2015.Tante Irma (Souvenirs de la banlieue. #5.)
Par Rosette Laberge. 2013
" Au sein de la famille Pelletier, les décisions des uns et des autres sont loin de toujours faire l'unanimité.…
Ayant besoin de tout contrôler, Sylvie ne manque pas de surveiller tout son monde de près. Les cachotteries de sa tante, les chums successifs de Sonia, le départ de Junior de la maison, le nouvel ami de Luc : tout est prétexte pour dire sans ménagement à ceux qu'elle aime qu'ils auraient dû agir autrement. Même tante Irma a droit à ses sautes d'humeur ! Entre une naissance impromptue et une autre attendue avec impatience, une visite imprévue et un voyage subit à New York, les Pelletier essaient de traverser les hauts et les bas de leur vie du mieux qu'ils peuvent. " -- 4e de couv.Ta maison est en feu: le cycle de Manawaka (Collection Coda)
Par Margaret Laurence, Florence Lévy-Paoloni. 2009
" Un incendie ravage l'âme de Stacey MacAindra. Proche de la quarantaine, épouse d'un représentant sans envergure, mère de quatre…
enfants, elle est l'incarnation de la femme au foyer idéale. Or, elle est habitée par la conviction profonde que la vie a plus à offrir que ce rôle ingrat, cette routine aliénante. Prisonnière des contraintes sociales, Stacey se permet bien quelques écarts, de menus plaisirs, mais sa culpabilité la ramène vite à l'ordre. Elle brûle, rêve d'une autre vie. Pour échapper à la tristesse, à la monotonie des jours qui passent, à l'angoisse de voir sa famille s'envoler en fumée devant ses yeux, Stacey convoque des bribes de son passé. Après Hagar Shipley (L'ange de pierre) et Rachel Cameron, la soeur de Stacey (Une divine plaisanterie), Margaret Laurence donne naissance, avec la lucidité, l'ironie et la subtile poésie qu'on lui connaît, à une autre femme inoubliable, dont la voix peut à nouveau résonner en français après un silence de trente-huit ans. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: The fire-dwellers.The biggest poutine in the world
Par Andrée Poulin, Brigitte Waisberg. 2016
On his fifth birthday, Thomas’s mother left, and he hasn’t seen her since. The last thing he remembers is her…
making a delicious dish of poutine for his birthday, into which she stuck five green candles for him to blow out. On the day of this twelfth birthday, Thomas comes up with the idea of setting a Guinness world record for the biggest poutine in the world. Maybe then, his mother will come back and his emotionally distant father will pay attention to him. As he puts together all the pieces of his “Phenomenal Poutine Project,” Thomas not only learns why his mother disappeared, but he also comes to realize that Elie, the one person whose help he rejected, turns out to be his most devoted friend. Grades 5-8. Winner of the 2017 Silver Birch Express Award. 2016. Uniform title: La plus grosse poutine du monde.The birthday lunch
Par Joan Clark. 2015
Free-spirited Lily has always played the peacemaker between her fierce, doting sister, Laverne, and her own loving, garrulous husband, Hal,…
as they competed for her attention. The competition has only grown worse since the three of them moved into a large house in the town of Sussex, New Brunswick. On Lily’s 58th birthday, a steamy day in late June, Laverne feels she has bested Hal by winning her sister’s company for a gourmet lunch, but it becomes a bitter and short-lived victory when the day’s events take an unexpected and tragic turn. Bestseller. 2015.