1.
Series:
Dear Evelyn
Paperback
Kathy Page
9781771962094
$19.95
FICTION
Sep 04, 2018
WINNER OF THE 2018 ROGERS WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE • WINNER OF THE 2019 CITY OF VICTORIA BUTLER BOOK PRIZE • A 2018 KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF 2018 • A TORONTO STAR TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • A WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FAVOURITE BOOK OF THE YEAR • A QUILL & QUIRE BEST BOOK OF 2018 Inspired by the author’s family history, this forthright love story unflinchingly portrays the trials and tensions of a lifelong marriage. Born between the wars on a working-class street in London, Harry Miles wins a scholarship to an ...
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Series:
The Saturday Night Ghost Club
A Novel
Hardcover
Craig Davidson
9780735274822
$27.00
FICTION
Aug 14, 2018
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROGERS WRITERS’ TRUST FICTION PRIZE: An infectious and heartbreaking novel from “one of this country’s great kinetic writers” (Globe and Mail)—Craig Davidson’s first new literary fiction since his bestselling, Giller-shortlisted Cataract CityWhen neurosurgeon Jake Baker operates, he knows he’s handling more than a patient’s delicate brain tissue—he’s altering their seat of consciousness, their golden vault of memory. And memory, Jake knows well, can be a tricky thing.When growing up in 1980s Niagara Falls, a.k.a. Cataract Ci...
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3.
Series:
Washington Black
A Novel
Hardcover
Esi Edugyan
9781443423380
$33.99
Aug 28, 2018
Winner of the 2018 Scotiabank Giller PrizeA dazzling, original novel of slavery and freedom, from the author of the international bestseller Half-Blood BluesWhen two English brothers arrive at a Barbados sugar plantation, they bring with them a darkness beyond what the slaves have already known. Washington Black – an eleven year-old field slave – is horrified to find himself chosen to live in the quarters of one of these men. But the man is not as Washington expects him to be. His new master is the eccentric Christopher Wilde – naturalist, expl...
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4.
Series:
Beirut Hellfire Society
Hardcover
Rawi Hage
9780735273597
$29.95
FICTION
Aug 28, 2018
FINALIST FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ROGERS WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTIONAn explosive new novel from the award-winning, bestselling author of De Niro's Game and Cockroach.It is 1978 in Beirut, Lebanon, partway through that country's Civil War. On a torn-up street overlooking a cemetery in the city's Christian enclave, we meet an eccentric young man named Pavlov, the son of a local undertaker. When his father meets a sudden and untimely death, Pavlov is approa...
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Series:
Land Mammals and Sea Creatures
A Novel
Paperback
Jen Neale
9781770414143
$18.95
FICTION
May 08, 2018
A startling, moving magic realist debut Almost immediately upon Julie Bird’s return to the small port town where she was raised, everyday life is turned upside down. Julie’s Gulf War vet father, Marty, has been on the losing side of a battle with PTSD for too long. A day of boating takes a dramatic turn when a majestic blue whale beaches itself and dies. A blond stranger sets up camp oceanside: she’s an agitator, musician-impersonator, and armchair philosopher named Jennie Lee Lewis — and Julie discovers she’s connected to her father’s my...
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