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Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
A breathtaking novel of a woman grappling with the tangled knot of her life—from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments Disturbing, humorous, and compassionate, Cat’s Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine must come to terms with her own identity as a daughter, a lover, an ... continue
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Crow by Amy Spurway EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
This Crow will ruffle a few feathers. When Stacey Fortune is diagnosed with three highly unpredictable -- and inoperable -- brain tumours, she abandons the crumbling glamour of her life in Toronto for her mother Effie's scruffy trailer in rural Cape Breton. Back home, she's known as Crow, and everybody suspects that her family is cursed. With her future all but sealed, Crow decides to go down in a blaze of unforgettable glory by writing a memoir that will raise eyebrows and drop jaws. She'll dig up "the dirt" on her family tree, including the supposed curse, and uncover the truth about her mys... continue
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De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage EN
LebanonDescription:
In this explosive, captivating portrait of life in a war zone, two young men must choose their futures: to stay in the war-torn Beirut and consolidate power through crime, or to go into exile abroad, alienated from the only existence they have known.
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Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
**Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature** Alice Munro captures the essence of life in her brilliant new collection of stories. Moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate that leads a person to a new way of thinking or being: the stories in Dear Life build to form a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be.
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Doppelganger : A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
From the award-winning, bestselling author of No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, and This Changes Everything, a revelatory analysis of the collapsed meanings, blurred identities, and uncertain realities of the mirror world. Over the past twenty-five years, Naomi Klein has charted and documented our politics and culture with a series of trenchant bestselling books laying bare the effects of branding, austerity, and climate profiteering on our societies and souls. With Doppelganger, Klein takes a more personal turn, braiding together elements of tragicomic memoir, chilling political reportage, and cob... continue
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Du bon usage des étoiles by Dominique Fortier FR
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
Mai 1845, les navires Terror et Erebus, sous le commandement de Sir John Franklin, partent à la conquête du mythique passage du Nord-Ouest avec, à leur bord, cent trente-trois hommes et suffisamment de provisions pour survivre trois ans aux rigueurs de l'Arctique. L'expédition doit permettre à l'Angleterre d'asseoir sa suprématie sur le reste du globe, mais les deux navires se trouvent bientôt prisonniers des glaces. Débute alors un tout autre voyage, immobile celui-là, au coeur de la nuit polaire, dont Francis Crozier, commandant du Terror, rend compte dans son journal. Lui-même, qui se langu... continue
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Ein Leben mehr by Jocelyne Saucier DE
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
Dies ist die Geschichte von drei alten Männern, die sich in die nordkanadischen Wälder zurückgezogen haben. Von drei Männern, die die Freiheit lieben. Eines Tages aber ist es mit ihrer Einsiedelei vorbei. Zuerst stößt eine Fotografin zu ihnen, sie sucht nach einem der letzten Überlebenden der Großen Brände, einem gewissen Boychuck. Kurze Zeit später taucht Marie-Desneige auf, eine eigensinnige, zierliche Dame von achtzig Jahren. Die Frauen bleiben. Und während sie dem Rätsel um Boychucks Überleben nachgehen, entsteht etwas unte... continue
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Embers : One Ojibway's Meditations by Richard Wagamese EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
"Life sometimes is hard. There are challenges. There are difficulties. There is pain. As a younger man I sought to avoid them and only ever caused myself more of the same. These days I choose to face life head on--and I have become a comet. I arc across the sky of my life and the harder times are the friction that lets the worn and tired bits drop away. It's a good way to travel; eventually I will wear away all resistance until all there is left of me is light. I can live towards that end." --Richard Wagamese, Embers In this carefully curated selection of everyday reflections, Richard Wagamese... continue
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Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
"From the author of the YA-crossover hit The Marrow Thieves, a propulsive, stunning and sensuous novel inspired by the traditional Métis story of the Rogarou--a werewolf-like creature that haunts the roads and woods of Métis communities. A messed-up, grown-up, Little Red Riding Hood. Broken-hearted Joan has been searching for her husband, Victor, for almost a year--ever since he went missing on the night they had their first serious argument. One terrible, hungover morning in a Walmart parking lot in a little town near Georgian Bay, she is drawn to a revival tent where the local Métis have bee... continue