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Glory
Par Gillian Wigmore. 2017
In a boom town dominated by a man-eating lake, Renee and Danny Chance start a new life in his grandfather's…
cabin. Renee struggles to keep her head above water until she is drawn into the orbit of two beautifully notorious bar-singer cousins, and all three women are called to test the bonds of blood and loyalty. A polyphonic fable riddled with tall tales, "Glory" explores what it means to be a woman in north-central BC by flooding the shores of the human heart. 2017.Black alley (Biblioasis international translation series ;)
Par Mauricio Segura, Dawn M Cornelio. 2010
In the Côte-des-Neiges area of Montreal, the first stop for many new immigrants, live people of more than 100 nationalities.…
Marcelo, the sensitive son of Chilean refugees, and Cléo, a shy boy from Haiti, find friendship on the track, winning a major relay race together. Years later, two violent gangs, the Latino Power and the Bad Boys, confront each other, and their leaders must decide whether they will be united by their childhood friendship or divided by race. 2010. Uniform title: Côte-des-Nègres.Autumn rounds
Par Sheila Fischman, Jacques Poulin. 2002
A quiet man, living in Quebec City, hears a marching band and decides to join the crown forming around it.…
The band turns out to be a group of touring musicians, singers, and acrobats from France, setting out on an extended tour of the north shore of the St. Lawrence - the very territory the man covers in his bookmobile route. He encounters the group frequently on this, his last round, especially one woman who seems strangely familiar to him. 2002. Uniform title: Tournée d'automne.Colin's big thing: a sequence
Par Bruce Serafin. 2004
A boy's journey from Hinton, Alberta to the B.C. coast to Texas, and then the return. A coming of age…
novel that reflects Vancouver life from the 1960's to the present, complete with people and places like the eponymous comic book artist Colin Upton, to the spaceship-like Vancouver Post Office sailing through a purgatorial midnight. 2004.Hating Gladys: a novel
Par Leona Gom. 2002
Gladys is vindictive, greedy, jealous, and makes life miserable for the young women who work for her in the lodge…
she runs in the Yukon in the 1960s. When Kendy and Elke head north to waitress for the summer, they fall victim to Gladys's tyranny. Thirty-five years later, Elke and Kendy are accidentally reunited in Vancouver, and find themselves seeking revenge. 2002.In the shadow of the wind
Par Anne Hébert. 1983
Two young girls disappear and are presumed murdered. The inhabitants of their small seaside village, along the Gaspé, are stunned.…
No such event has ever before occurred in the isolated village and everyone is under suspicion. 1983. Uniform title: Les fous de Bassan.Caged eagles
Par Eric Walters. 2000
Fourteen-year-old Tadashi his family are forced to abandon their fishing village on the northwest coast of British Columbia and move…
into an internment centre in Vancouver with other Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. For Tadashi, detention becomes both an adventure and a dilemma as he struggles to understand the undercurrents of racism and injustice that have overtaken his life and those of his community. Ruth Schwartz Book Award. Sequel to "War of the eagles." Grades 5-8. 2000.Cougar Cove
Par Julie Lawson. 1996
Eleven-year-old Sam's first visit to the remote west coast of Vancouver Island is not what she expected. She's teased by…
her cousins for being a "city kid", when they're not ignoring her. Then, while exploring the woods on her own, she comes face-to-face with a wild cougar and her two cubs and her summer vacation gets much more exciting. 1996.Aurora Montrealis: stories
Par Matt Cohen, Monique Proulx. 1996
Each story in this collection is set in referendum and post-referendum Montreal. While the stories themselves are not necessarily about…
the referendum, the stories' themes often represent the struggle between English speaking Canada and French Quebec. c1996. Uniform title: Aurores montréales.Carry tiger to mountain (An elias Mccann Mystery Ser. #2)
Par Mark Zuehlke, Bob Roberts. 2002
When a freighter smuggling illegal immigrants sinks, Tofino coroner Elias McCann finds himself at the heart of a mystery. A…
relative of his girlfriend Vhanna turns up among the ship's survivors, bringing up memories of her dark past and the Khmer Rouge. Who is responsible for the immigrants' journey and what do they want with Vhanna's cousin? 2002.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.Heartbreaks along the road (Anansi fiction series ; #AF 54)
Par Sheila Fischman, Roch Carrier. 1987
Set in Quebec during the Duplessis era. The premier calls an election and announces the construction of a road through…
a remote village. In return for jobs, the villagers are expected to vote for the premier's party. A dark novel of love, politics and corruption. 1987. Uniform title: De l'amour dans la ferraille.Fog over Fundy (Formac fiction treasures)
Par Louis Arthur Cunningham. 2006
Armande is a beautiful young non-conformist French Canadian woman, who has enjoyed the refinements of Europe. She decides to return…
to the Tantramar in New Brunswick, to maintain the family estate and honour her obligation to the workers there. However, the locals consider her witch-like for her penchant for playing the church organ at midnight and riding alone in the moonlight. Some descriptions of violence. 2006, c1936. (Formac fiction treasures)Hetty Dorval (Laurentian library ; #6)
Par Ethel Wilson. 1967
Seeking refuge from her mysterious past, the beautiful Mrs. Dorval arrives in a small British Columbia town at the confluence…
of the Fraser and Thompson Rivers. As Frankie Burnaby, the young schoolgirl Mrs. Dorval befriends, pieces together Hetty's story, she begins to realize that her enigmatic idol is also a treacherous opponent. 1967. (Laurentian library ; 6)Emilie: a novel
Par Käthe Roth, Arlette Cousture. 1992
In the early 1900s, Emilie Bourdeleau travels to the Quebec countryside to teach school, and chooses a husband who flits…
in and out of her life. Although passionate about him, she learns to rely on her own strength. Translation of "Les filles de Caleb." c1992.Enchanted summer
Par Gabrielle Roy, Joyce Marshall. 1976
Esther
Par Sharon E McKay. 2004
A fictionalized account of Esther Brandeau, the first Jew to set foot in New France in the eighteenth century. Because…
Esther was disguised as a boy, and was not a Catholic, when her deceit was discovered it became an international incident. Her story encompasses the quest for gender equality - and freedom. For junior and senior high readers. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 2004.Chilcotin holiday
Par Paul St. Pierre. 1984
These stories bring alive the country where St. Pierre's heart lies, and introduces a wonderful roster of the saintly rogues…
who inhabit that part of the Canadian west. First published in 1970. 1984.Children of the black sabbath
Par Anne Hébert, Carol Duplon-Hébert. 1977
Charles the Bold: the dog years : a novel (Charles the Bold ; #1)
Par Yves Beauchemin, Wayne Grady. 2006
1966. The rest of Montreal is excited by the new subway system, but the birth of Charles Thibodeau is a…
big event for his parents and their east-end Montreal working-class neighbours. Charles endures the death of his mother, the October Crisis, being taken away from his drunken, violent father and becoming part of the Fafard family. His adventures in school, a part-time job and camp lead him to fully earn his title, Charles the Bold. Followed by "Years of fire" (DC31044). Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2006. (Charles the Bold ; 1) Uniform title: Charles le téméraire.