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The first quarter of the moon
Par Michel Tremblay. 1994
Marcel and his cousin experience the mystical arrival of summer on the final day of exams at Ecole Saint-Stanislas. While…
Marcel is in the class for "slow learners," his cousin is part of the "gifted" program. It is only towards the end of exams that Marcel's cousin recognizes Marcel's own special type of genius. Sequel to "The fat woman next door is pregnant." 1994. Uniform title: Premier quartier de la lune.Tell it slant: a novel
Par Alana Wilcox, Beth Follett. 2001
"Tell It Slant" channels the lesbian couple of Djuna Barnes' "Nightwood", resetting their charged romance from 1920's Paris to contemporary…
Montreal's Plateau district. Nora Flood, indigent in body and soul, searches for love through a confused adolescence in Vancouver and a lonely stint in Toronto, before settling in Montreal. There, she meets Robin, a lover whose passionate nature teaches Nora that she must make a life for herself in the midst of uncertainty. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 2001.Swimming in the monsoon sea
Par Shyam Selvadurai. 2005
Sri Lanka, 1980. There is mystery surrounding the death of Amrith's beloved mother and alcoholic father, and because of the…
circumstances of his parents' marriage, his extended family shuns him. So when his Canadian cousin Niresh turns up with his father, Amrith is anxious to make a connection. Eventually, he realizes his feelings for Niresh go beyond friendship. For senior high readers. Some descriptions of sex, violence and some strong language. 2005.Next episode (New Canadian library)
Par Sheila Fischman, Hubert Aquin. 2001
As he awaits trial, a young separatist writes an espionage story in the psychiatric ward of the Montreal prison where…
he has been detained. He also reflects on his dissent and distress, and on the political realities of Quebec of the 1960's. First published in 1965. Winner of Canada Reads 2003. 2001. Uniform title: Prochain épisode.Gambler's fallacy
Par Judith Elaine Cowan. 2001
A collection of seven stories set in Trois-Rivières, Québec. They feature an erratic cast of ordinarily forgotten folks who have…
fallen through the cracks. These include a woman called Raymonde, who is anxiously awaiting guests to her lover's book launching, and Jacques, a man of simplicity, observing the often unnoticed and underappreciated aspects of daily life. 2001.Heart on my sleeve
Par Ellen Wittlinger. 2004
A combination of e-mails, instant messages, postcards, and 'old-fashioned' pen-and-paper letters tell the story of Chloe, of Massachusetts, and Julian,…
from Florida, who meet during a visit to the college each plans to attend. Back home, they cope with how to treat current or potential love interests, best friends, parents, and sisters who have their own baggage. For senior high readers. 2004.Black bird: a novel
Par Michel Basilières. 2003
Holed up in a shambling house at the base of Mount Royal is the family Desouche: three generations of English-…
and French-Canadians caught in the gears of a national crisis. When one of the eldest, an Anglo Montrealer, dies at the hand of one of the youngest, a militant separatist, so begins a transformative year of misfortune. 2003.Be near me
Par Andrew O'Hagan. 2006
When an English priest, David Anderton, takes over a small Scottish parish, not everyone is ready to accept him. He…
does make friends with two local youths, Mark and Lisa, but the town seems to grow darker each night as he clashes with a world and a language that he barely understands. Fate comes calling, and before the summer is out David's quiet life is the focus of public hysteria. Some strong language and descriptions of sex. 2006.Alone in an untamed land: the filles du Roi diary of Hélène St. Onge (Dear Canada)
Par Maxine Trottier. 2002
Hélène St. Onge is a recently orphaned thirteen-year-old girl from France, who sets off for Quebec, or Nouvelle France, in…
1666 as a companion to her older sister Catherine. When Catherine dies on the way, Hélène goes to live at her aunt's tavern, where she learns important skills like how to skin a muskrat, while meeting many of the famous people of the new colony. She hopes the friendships she has made, like with her half-Mohawk friend Kateri, will help her to survive the harsh life and bitter winters of seventeenth century Montreal. Grades 5-8. 2003.After the fire
Par Jane Rule. 1989
Four women sense that love has failed them. As they try to put their lives in order, they come to…
value their friendship with each other. Set in an island community off the British Columbia coast. Some strong language. Winner of the 1991 CNIB Torgi Award. 1989.The time in between
Par David Bergen. 2005
Ava Boatman and her brother, Jon, have come to Vietnam in search of their missing father, Charles. A Vietnam vet…
with a terrible secret that has turned him into an emotionally distant loner, Charles has made a pilgrimage to a small Vietnamese village. As Ada and Jon try to find Charles, they also deal with their own fears, in completely different ways. Descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. Winner of the 2005 Scotiabank Giller Prize.Brokeback mountain: Story To Screenplay
Par Annie Proulx. 2005
Two young men - a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy - meet in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge…
a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love. 1997.The lantern bearers: a novel
Par Ronald Frame. 1999
Wicked games (A jane Lawless Mystery Ser.)
Par Ellen Hart. 1998
When Jane Lawless takes a new tenant into her house, she has no idea what lies ahead. Jane and Cordelia…
are drawn deeper into the Beauman's lives, and discover a fundamentally damaged and dysfunctional family with a trail of death in their wake.The farewell symphony: a novel
Par Edmund White. 1997
Starting in the late 1960s and coming up to the present day, this novel is as much about the Jamesian…
dilemma of the American in Europe as it is about love and loss. At its heart is the tale of a writer and his struggle to survive as he and his friends hammer out a new gay aesthetic, support themselves through odd jobs and fight for recognition.The night listener: a novel
Par Armistead Maupin. 2000
Gabriel Noone is a late-night radio story teller who receives endless manuscripts. When "The Blacking Factory", the story of a…
child abused and sold for sex by his parents, arrives, he is intrigued. Noone develops a close relationship with the boy, but begins to sense that the story is not true. 2000.Crocodile soup
Par Julia Darling. 1998
Narrated by the central heroine, Gert, a curator in a northern museum, this story is interwoven with flashbacks to her…
eccentric and often surreal childhood. She had a hopelessly vain mother, a father constantly away at his African crocodile farm and a twin brother who becomes a Buddhist monk. 1998.Tipping the velvet (A virago V Ser.)
Par Sarah Waters. 1999
In the bawdy music halls of the late-19th century, Nan is captivated by Kitty Butler, a male impersonator. She manages…
to meet her heroine and soon after becomes her dresser. Heading for the bright lights of London they form a double act while privately, a love affair begins. Descriptions of sex and strong language. 1999.Odd girl out (Gold medal books ; #s653)
Par Ann Bannon. 2001
Designated the 'Queen of Lesbian Pulp' for her landmark novels of the 1950s and 1960s, Ann Bannon's work defined lesbian…
fiction for the pre-Stonewall generation. Bannon's stories broke through the shame and isolation typically portrayed in lesbian pulps, offering instead characters who embraced their sexuality. In 'Odd Girl Out', Bannon introduces Laura Landon, whose love affair with her college room-mate Beth launched the lesbian pulp fiction genre. 2001, c1957.The moor is dark beneath the moon
Par David Watmough. 2002
After decades in Canada, Davey Bryant returns to his native Cornwall for the funeral of a mysterious relative, and lands…
in the middle of a property-inheritance fight that threatens to escalate into something worse. Distraught by this and all the changes around him, Davey begins wandering the nearby moors. He soon gets embroiled in a mystery concerning two midgets in a minivan, which leads him back into the time of King Arthur, all the while pondering his gay family tree. 2002.