by Trudy J. Morgan-Cole “A story of love, loss, family, choices, consequences, and relationships of all kinds. A beautifully written story that spans over 80 years and 3 generations, it examines the experience of three family members who leave Newfoundland to find work and a better life in New York and those who stayed behind. […]
A Long Way Gone: Memoir of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah “What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this […]
Sweetness in the Belly
by Camilla Gibb “An evocative and richly imagined story of a British-born Muslim woman’s search for love and belonging in two very different worlds. A psychologically complex and utterly convincing story, alive with political insight and sensuous detail, Sweetness in the Belly is a mesmerizing work from one of Canada’s most distinctive and exciting voices.” […]
Kit’s Law
by Donna Morrissey “In this powerful debut novel from one of the most gifted storytellers to emerge from Canada since Carol Shields, we find all the old-fashioned virtues: a vivid sense of place, an intricate and suspenseful plot, and a feisty heroine whom we can’t help rooting for on every page. Kit Pitman is fourteen […]
The Sea Wolf
by Jack London “Both the novel and the film feature a hard-luck assemblage condemned either by savage coercion or pure evil fortune to sail aboard the Ghost, a seal-harvesting vessel commanded by a power-mad tyrant — the aptly named Wolf Larsen.” Google Synopsis
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon “Narrated by a fifteen-year-old autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, this dazzling novel weaves together an old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story, and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of processing emotions.” Overview by Google Books
The Gargoyle
by Andrew Davidson “An extraordinary debut novel of love that survives the fires of hell and transcends the boundaries of time. The narrator of The Gargoyle is a very contemporary cynic, physically beautiful and sexually adept, who dwells in the moral vacuum that is modern life. As the book opens, he is driving along a […]
The Bishop’s Man
by Linden MacIntyre “Father Duncan MacAskill has spent most of his priesthood as the ‘Exorcist’ – an enforcer employed by his bishop to discipline wayward clergy and suppress potential scandal. Hidden in a small rural parish to avoid an impending public controversy, Duncan must now confront the consequences of his past. Pushed to the breaking […]
The Book of Negroes
by Lawrence Hill “Abducted as an 11-year-old child from her village in West Africa and forced to walk for months to the sea in a coffle – a string of slaves – Aminata Diallo is sent to live as a slave in South Carolina. But years later, she forges her way to freedom, serving the […]
Kiss of Midnight
by Lara Adrian “Drawn to the enigmatic stranger she sees across the room in a crowded dance club, Gabrielle Maxwell is drawn into the dark and dangerous world of hunter vampires, one in which a blood war is on the edge of ignition, when she falls for Lucan Thorne, a vampire Breed warrior sworn to […]
House of Hate
by Percy Janes “Most of the events of the novel take place within the ugly and sprawling house, just as the Stone family itself is held spiritually and mentally there, in unwilling bondage to one another. Juju, the narrator, is the only Stone to leave…” Overview by Google Books
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne “Set during World War II, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.” Overview by IMDb A story of innocence existing […]
