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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 Confessions of Nipper Mooney: a novel
Par Ed Kavanagh. 2001
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
Par Marie Jakober. 2007
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
Par Donna Morrissey. 2012
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
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.The birth house
Par Ami McKay. 2006
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
Par Linden MacIntyre. 2009
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
Par Michael Winter. 2007
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
Par Lesley Choyce. 2003
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.S.E.C.R.E.T. revealed: a novel (S.E.C.R.E.T. novel. #3.)
Par L. Marie Adeline. 2014
The only thing that Cassie Robichaud has ever really wanted is Will Foret, the love of her life. But when…
Will discovers that Cassie is part of S.E.C.R.E.T., an underground group devoted to helping women experience their deepest fantasies, Will breaks it off. Heartbroken, Cassie dries her tears and devotes herself to helping the latest S.E.C.R.E.T. recruit, Solange Faraday. Cassie also reignites her relationship with bad-boy Jesse, even if he can never love her as deeply as Will did. The final book in the trilogy. Sequel to "S.E.C.R.E.T shared". 2014.S.E.C.R.E.T. shared: a novel (S.E.C.R.E.T. novel. #2.)
Par L. Marie Adeline. 2013
Still wounded from a recent heartbreak, Cassie Robichaud throws herself into service with S.E.C.R.E.T., the mysterious organization that changed her…
life last year by bringing her deepest fantasies to life, one step at a time. Now it’s Cassie’s turn to guide the group’s newest candidate, Dauphine Mason, recruiting men to execute a new set of fantasies. While it gets Cassie’s mind off Will, the man she truly loves, it also gives her the chance to help watch S.E.C.R.E.T. work its magic on someone new. Sequel to "S.E.C.R.E.T.". Bestseller. 2013.S.E.C.R.E.T
Par L. Marie Adeline. 2013
Cassie Robichaud's life is filled with regret and loneliness after the death of her husband. She waits tables at the…
rundown Café Rose in New Orleans, and every night she heads home to her solitary one-bedroom apartment. But when she discovers a notebook left behind by a mysterious woman at the café, Cassie's world is forever changed. The notebook's stunningly explicit confessions shock and fascinate Cassie, and eventually lead her to S∙E∙C∙R∙E∙T, an underground society dedicated to helping women realize their wildest, most lurid fantasies. Includes sex and strong language. 2013.Quand Marie relevait son jupon: Histoires Libertines Inspirées D'un Autre Temps
Par Jennifer Tremblay, Aline Apostolska, Geneviève Lefebvre, Marie Christine Bernard, Philibert Deladurantaye, Sébastien Chabot. 2015
" En 1616, 1639, 1759, 1801, 1890, 1939, qui étaient les aventuriers, les veuves, les Amérindiennes, les marins, les jeunes…
hommes et les jeunes femmes, les fidèles et les infidèles qui cédaient à la tentation de la chair et transgressaient les limites que leur imposait leur culture ? Quand Marie relevait son jupon, que se passait-il ? Éros surgissait et, non loin de lui, Thanatos guettait. Voici six récits libertins, inspirés par des faits réels ou pure fiction, tous alimentés par le désir, lui-même moteur de l'histoire... et de l'Histoire. " -- 4e de couv.Promiscuous unbound: A Novel
Par Bex Brian. 2003
Vivienne Yellow is an American, in a Paris hospital bed after being hit by a truck. Through hazy memories, coloured…
by her own morphine-stoked sexual longings, she recounts pieces of her past. The only link to the outside world is Sonia, a fellow patient, who brings Vivienne stories of what's happening outside of her hospital room. 2003.Douze chansons pour Évelyne: roman ((Quai no 5).)
Par Fredric Gary Comeau. 2016
" 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.Nu: recueil de nouvelles érotiques
Par Stéphane Dompierre. 2014
" De la littérature érotique. Assumée. Celle qui donne chaud dans le ventre, qui fait rougir de plaisir et d'excitation.…
Du sexe, des pulsions, de l'émotion. Des histoires pour adultes consentants où le plaisir des sens n'exclut pas l'élégance... Succombez aux charmes de ces seize auteurs délurés. " -- 4e de couv.No great mischief
Par Alistair MacLeod. 1999
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.Grey: roman
Par E. L James, Denyse Beaulieu. 2015
Cinquante nuances plus claires: roman (Fifty shades. #3)
Par E. L James, Denyse Beaulieu. 2013
Enfin réunis, Christian et Ana ont tout : l'amour, la passion, l'intimité, la richesse et une infinité de possibles, mais…
le destin et le malheur s'associent pour plonger Ana dans le pire des cauchemars. Suite de « Cinquante nuances plus sombres ». Livre comportant des passages de nature sexuelle. 2013. Titre uniforme: Fifty shades freed.Cinquante nuances plus sombres: roman (Fifty shades. #2)
Par E. L James, Aurélie Tronchet. 2013
Après avoir accepté un nouvel arrangement avec Christian Grey, Anastasia est confrontée aux tourments de la jalousie tandis que celui-ci…
tente de vaincre ses démons intérieurs. Livre comportant des passages de nature sexuelle, de la violence, et du langage grossier. Suite de « Cinquante nuances de Grey », suivi de « Cinquante nuances plus claires ». 2013. Titre uniforme: Fifty shades darker.