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Annabel: roman
Par Kathleen Winter, Claudine Vivier. 2012
" En 1968, dans un village côtier du Labrador, un enfant mystérieux voit le jour. Ni tout à fait homme,…
ni tout à fait femme, le secret est gardé par trois personnes : Jacinta et Treadway, ses parents, et une voisine, Thomasina, qui sait tenir sa langue. Le roman suit Annabel-Wayne dans sa découverte du monde et la relation complexe quelle entretient avec son autre nature , celle qui refuse de se taire et laccompagne, telle une ombre fidèle, au gré des expériences. À partir de ce qui pourrait ne sembler quun fait divers, Kathleen Winter nous propose une œuvre dune profonde beauté explorant le fondement même de notre identité et de nos sociétés. Qui sommes-nous et pourquoi sommes-nous obligés par la communauté à renoncer à nous-même, qui que nous soyons ? " -- 4e de couv.L'été de l'espoir: [roman] (Cedar Springs. #2.)
Par Julia London, Patricia Lavigne. 2011
" Enfant adoptée, Jane Aaron s'interroge sur ses origines. À la veille de se marier, la jeune institutrice décide de…
passer l'été à Cedar Springs, la ville de ses parents biologiques. Qui sont-ils ? Et pourquoi l'ont-ils abandonnée ? En attendant de trouver des réponses, Jane accepte de s'occuper des enfants d'Asher Price, un publicitaire accaparé par son métier qui a perdu sa femme dix-huit mois plus tôt. À mesure qu'elle apprivoise deux gamins perturbés et se rapproche de leur père, Jane enquête et découvre plus de secrets qu'elle ne l'escomptait. En viendra-t-elle à craindre la vérité et l'amour qu'elle éprouve pour Asher ? " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: One season of sunshine.L'été des deux amours: [roman] (Cedar Springs. #1.)
Par Julia London, Beatrice Pierre. 2011
" Wyatt Clark est un époux comme toute femme en rêve : doux, attentionné, aimant. Macy le sait, elle a…
trouvé la perle rare, mais leur bonheur vacille lorsqu'on leur annonce une nouvelle incroyable : Finn Lockhart, le mari que Macy aimait éperdument, disparu depuis trois ans lors d'une mission en Afghanistan, est vivant et de retour à Cedar Springs ! La jeune femme, à la fois bouleversée et submergée de bonheur, est en proie à un terrible dilemme et réalise avec effroi qu'elle devra faire un choix décisif entre les deux hommes. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Summer of two wishes.Make or Break Spring
Par Janet McNaughton. 1998
In the spring of 1945, fifteen-year-old Evelyn McCallum finds herself competing with her best friend, Peter Tilley, and Stan Dawe,…
the golden boy of her school, for the scholarship that bears her father's name. Although he has been missing in action for three years Evelyn clings to the hope that her father might somehow still be alive. As the war ends in Europe and her final year of high school draws to a close, her life alters in ways that will change her forever. Sequel to "Catch me once, catch me twice" (EB67373). Junior and Senior high school readers. 1998.Curse of the Red Cross ring
Par Earl B Pilgrim. 2000
Set in Newfoundland in 1929, Azariah Roberts is a successful fisherman and a respected father figure to the people in…
his town. There is nothing he wouldn't do for his people; when there is trouble, Uncle Az, which is known to his friends, could always set things right. But after he and his men unearth the long-dead remains of a Viking warrior, all that is about to change. 2000.The present tense of Prinny Murphy
Par Jill MacLean. 2010
An alcoholic mother, a distracted father, a best friend who spends all his time with his new "girlfriend," and three…
relentless schoolyard bullies: Prinny Murphy's past, present, and future certainly are "tense." Adding to her misery, she still can't read well enough to escape from remedial lessons with the dour Mrs. Dooks. But with the help of a kindly substitute teacher, Prinny discovers that life can be full of possibilities - and poetry. Sequel to “The nine lives of Travis Keating”. Followed by “The hidden agenda of Sigrid Sugden”. Grades 3-6. 2010.Tides of honour
Par Genevieve Graham. 2015
In the summer of 1916, Private Daniel Baker, a soldier with Nova Scotia's 25th Battalion, meets Audrey Poulin, a lonely…
French artist, by chance and they fall in love. Danny is wounded in the battle of the Somme and the lovers find themselves building a new life in Halifax just as a new catastrophe threatens. Bestseller. 2015.Constellations
Par Janice Kulyk Keefer. 1988
After 15 years, Claire Saulnier returns to Nova Scotia to teach at a local college. She becomes involved with four…
people: Mariette, a disturbed teenager; Bertrand, a self-centred and reluctant teacher from Paris; a promising oboeist from Halifax; and Hector, the college janitor, a dropout from a philosophy Ph.D program. Some strong language.Major Pettigrew's last stand
Par Helen Simonson. 2010
Major Ernest Pettigrew of Edgecombe St. Mary leads a quiet life valuing the proper things that Englishmen have lived by…
for generations: honour, duty, decorum, and a properly brewed cup of tea. His brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper. The Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more, but village society insists on embracing him as the quintessential local and her as the permanent foreigner. Strong language. Bestseller. 2010.The lost highway
Par David Adams Richards. 2007
Alex Chapman's lifelong feud with his tyrannical great-uncle James, and the ironic twists of his life, drive him to desperation.…
He blames his uncle for an old humiliation that prevented him from admitting his feelings for Minnie, the girl who loved him. He begins a treacherous intrigue against James, aligning himself with Leo Bourque, not realizing that their twinned descent will become deadly. Some descriptions of sex, strong language and explicit descriptions of violence. 2007.Sweetland
Par Michael Crummey. 2014
For twelve generations, the inhabitants of this remote island in Newfoundland have lived and died together. Now they are facing…
resettlement, and each has been offered a generous compensation package to leave. But the money is offered with a proviso: everyone has to go; the government won't be responsible for one crazy coot who chooses to stay on alone. That coot is Moses Sweetland, who refuses to leave. But in the face of determined opposition from his family and friends, Sweetland is eventually swayed to sign on to the government's plan. Then a tragic accident prompts him to fake his own death and stay on the deserted island. As he manages a desperately diminishing food supply, and battles against the ravages of weather, Sweetland finds himself in the company of the vibrant ghosts of the former islanders, whose porch lights still seem to turn on at night. Bestseller. 2014.The wreckage: a novel
Par Michael Crummey. 2005
Newfoundland, 1940. Mercedes Parsons is only 16 when she begins an intense relationship with traveling projectionist Wish Furey. Wish enlists…
in the British Army, only to be captured by the Japanese, and Sadie settles in St. John's to wait for his return. Fifty years later, Sadie returns to Newfoundland to scatter the ashes of her dead husband and collides with Wish, whom she believed dead. Descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2005.Beyond the foothills
Par Essie Summers. 1976
After the unwelcome publicity aroused by a television interview, Marilla St. John decided to retreat to the country for a…
while until the fuss had died down. She was not prepared for the encounter with Rufus Sinclair, a confirmed bachelor who had heard that Marilla St. John was a determined husband-hunter. How could she convince him he was wrong? 1976.The forbidden valley (Harlequin romance ; #1731)
Par Essie Summers. 1978
Charlotte was worried to death about her cousin Phyl, who seemed to have run away from home and left her…
children. It just didn't seem possible -- although Phyl's rather forbidding brother-in-law Edmund Leigh was only too ready to believe the worst of her. So Charlotte set about solving the mystery, without letting Edmund realize who she was. 1978.Touched by angels (Angels #3)
Par Debbie Macomber. 1995
The divinely inspired, if slightly dizzy trio of angels - Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy - have winged into New York…
City to answer three Christmas wishes, and teach a few lessons along the way. 2011, c1995.The money pit mystery
Par Eric Walters. 1999
Sam and Beth accompany their mother on a visit to their grandfather's home on Oak Island. Something strange seems to…
be happening to grand-dad. Apart from losing his memory, he's also spending a lot of time on a hunt for a 200-year-old treasure. Sam is bitten by the treasure bug too, and he and the whole family set out to solve the mystery. Grades 4-7. 1999.Will ye let the mummers in?: stories
Par Alden Nowlan. 1984
What the heart keeps
Par Rosalind Laker. 1984
When orphan Lisa Shaw is sent to Canada as a "home girl", she meets a young Norwegian, Peter Hagen. They…
are destined to meet again. A tale of star crossed romance. Some descriptions of sex. 1984.Waiting for time
Par Bernice Morgan. 1995
This sequel to "Random passage" continues the saga of the inhabitants of Cape Random. It also tells the story of…
today's Newfoundland, a place where the past overshadows the present and shapes the future. Lave Andrews, a young professional sent from Ottawa to assess the fisheries crisis, discovers her roots as she explores the province. 1995.Various persons named Kevin O'Brien: a fictional memoir
Par Alden Nowlan. 1973
Kevin O'Brien returns to the isolated Maritime village of his childhood. In the confusing rural atmosphere which he had once…
sought to escape, he relives the loneliness and desperate shyness of his introspective youth. 1973.