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Patterson House

by Jane Cawthorne ...

Alden Patterson, the last living member of a once-wealthy Toronto family, is haunted by the legacy of her grandfather, William Patterson, whose suicide taints the family name. She lives in the decaying Patterson House with Constance, a foundling, and John Hunt, an injured war veteran and the family’s former gardener. When Alden is reduced to taking in boarders, she thinks she has found a way to ... Read more

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Alden Patterson, the last living member of a once-wealthy Toronto family, is haunted by the legacy of her grandfather, William Patterson, whose suicide taints the family name. She lives in the decaying Patterson House with Constance, a foundling, and John Hunt, an injured war veteran and the family’s former gardener. When Alden is reduced to taking in boarders, she thinks she has found a way to
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Impact

Women Writing After Concussion

Edited by E. D. Morin, Jane Cawthorne ...

In Impact, 21 women writers consider the effects of concussion on their personal and professional lives. The anthology bears witness to the painstaking work that goes into redefining identity and regaining creative practice after a traumatic event. By sharing their complex and sometimes incomplete healing journeys, these women convey the magnitude of a disability which is often doubted, overlooked ... Read more

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In Impact, 21 women writers consider the effects of concussion on their personal and professional lives. The anthology bears witness to the painstaking work that goes into redefining identity and regaining creative practice after a traumatic event. By sharing their complex and sometimes incomplete healing journeys, these women convey the magnitude of a disability which is often doubted, overlooked
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Writing Menopause

An Anthology of Fiction, Poetry and Creative Non-Fiction

Edited by Jane Cawthorne, E. D. Morin ...

The Writing Menopause literary anthology is a diverse and robust collection about menopause: a highly charged and often undervalued transformation. It includes over fifty works of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, interviews and cross-genre pieces from contributors across Canada and the United States that break new ground in portraying menopause in literature. The collection includes literary ... Read more

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The Writing Menopause literary anthology is a diverse and robust collection about menopause: a highly charged and often undervalued transformation. It includes over fifty works of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, interviews and cross-genre pieces from contributors across Canada and the United States that break new ground in portraying menopause in literature. The collection includes literary
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The Abortion Monologues

by Jane Cawthorne ...

In these monologues, twenty-three women reveal the details of their lives, relationships and families as they tell the stories of their abortions. Sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking, but always thought provoking, The Abortion Monologues exist in stark contrast to the real world in which women seldom publicly discuss this choice. ... Read more

$3.99 CAD

In these monologues, twenty-three women reveal the details of their lives, relationships and families as they tell the stories of their abortions. Sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking, but always thought provoking, The Abortion Monologues exist in stark contrast to the real world in which women seldom publicly discuss this choice.
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Impact

Women Writing After Concussion

Narrated by Tara Yelle ...

Unabridged

8 hours 45 min

In Impact, 21 women writers consider the effects of concussion on their personal and professional lives. The anthology bears witness to the painstaking work that goes into redefining identity and regaining creative practice after a traumatic event. By sharing their complex and sometimes incomplete healing journeys, these women convey the magnitude of a disability which is often doubted, overlooked ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

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In Impact, 21 women writers consider the effects of concussion on their personal and professional lives. The anthology bears witness to the painstaking work that goes into redefining identity and regaining creative practice after a traumatic event. By sharing their complex and sometimes incomplete healing journeys, these women convey the magnitude of a disability which is often doubted, overlooked
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Happily Ever Older

Revolutionary Approaches to Long-Term Care

by Moira Welsh ...

Narrated by Moira Welsh ...

Unabridged

8 hours 55 min

While Being Mortal (Atul Gawande) helped us understand disease and death, and Successful Aging (Daniel J. Levitin) showed us older years can be a time of joy and resilience, Happily Ever Older reveals how the right living arrangements can create a vibrancy that defies age or ability.Reporter Moira Welsh has spent years investigating retirement homes and long-term care facilities and wants to tell ... Read more

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While Being Mortal (Atul Gawande) helped us understand disease and death, and Successful Aging (Daniel J. Levitin) showed us older years can be a time of joy and resilience, Happily Ever Older reveals how the right living arrangements can create a vibrancy that defies age or ability.Reporter Moira Welsh has spent years investigating retirement homes and long-term care facilities and wants to tell
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Seeing Ghosts

A Memoir

by Kat Chow ...

Narrated by Kat Chow ...

Unabridged

9 hours 54 min

This "graceful, captivating" (New York Times Book Review) story from a singular new talent paints a portrait of grief and the search for meaning as told through the prism of three generations of her Chinese American family—perfect for readers of Helen Macdonald and Elizabeth Alexander.Kat Chow has always been unusually fixated on death. She worried constantly about her parents dying---especially ... Read more

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This "graceful, captivating" (New York Times Book Review) story from a singular new talent paints a portrait of grief and the search for meaning as told through the prism of three generations of her Chinese American family—perfect for readers of Helen Macdonald and Elizabeth Alexander.Kat Chow has always been unusually fixated on death. She worried constantly about her parents dying---especially
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This Is How We Love

by Lisa Moore ...

Unabridged

9 hours 32 min

From the celebrated author of February and Caught comes an exhilarating new novel that asks: What makes a family? How does it shape us? And can we ever really choose who we love?As the snowstorm of the century rages, twenty-one-year-old Xavier is beaten and stabbed in a vicious attack. His mother, Jules, must fight her way through the shuttered streets of St. John’s to reach the hospital where ... Read more

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From the celebrated author of February and Caught comes an exhilarating new novel that asks: What makes a family? How does it shape us? And can we ever really choose who we love?As the snowstorm of the century rages, twenty-one-year-old Xavier is beaten and stabbed in a vicious attack. His mother, Jules, must fight her way through the shuttered streets of St. John’s to reach the hospital where
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Through the Garden

A Love Story (with Cats)

by Lorna Crozier ...

Narrated by Lorna Crozier ...

Unabridged

7 hours 54 min

A Globe and Mail 100 Best BookFinalist, Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for NonfictionFinalist, City of Victoria Butler Book PrizeA deeply affecting portrait of a long partnership and a clear-eyed account of the impact of a serious illness, writing as consolation, and the enduring significance of poetry from one of Canada's most celebrated voices.When we ran off together in 1978, abandoning our ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

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A Globe and Mail 100 Best BookFinalist, Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for NonfictionFinalist, City of Victoria Butler Book PrizeA deeply affecting portrait of a long partnership and a clear-eyed account of the impact of a serious illness, writing as consolation, and the enduring significance of poetry from one of Canada's most celebrated voices.When we ran off together in 1978, abandoning our
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This Is Going to Hurt

Secret Diaries of a Young Doctor

by Adam Kay ...

Narrated by Adam Kay ...

Unabridged

5 hours 47 min

Now an AMC+ series starring Ben WhishawThe acclaimed multimillion-copy bestseller, This Is Going to Hurt is Adam Kay’s equally ""blisteringly funny"" (Boston Globe) and “heartbreaking” (New Yorker) secret diaries of his years as a young doctor.Welcome to 97-hour weeks. Welcome to life and death decisions. Welcome to a constant tsunami of bodily fluids. Welcome to earning less than the hospital ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

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Now an AMC+ series starring Ben WhishawThe acclaimed multimillion-copy bestseller, This Is Going to Hurt is Adam Kay’s equally ""blisteringly funny"" (Boston Globe) and “heartbreaking” (New Yorker) secret diaries of his years as a young doctor.Welcome to 97-hour weeks. Welcome to life and death decisions. Welcome to a constant tsunami of bodily fluids. Welcome to earning less than the hospital
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Bluebird

A Novel

by Genevieve Graham ...

Narrated by Nikki Massoud, Jonathan Todd Ross, Aven Shore ...

Unabridged

10 hours 11 min

A dazzling novel set during the Great War and postwar Prohibition about a young nurse, a soldier, and a family secret that binds them together for generations to come—from USA TODAY and repeat #1 bestselling author Genevieve Graham.Present dayCassie Simmons, a museum curator, is enthusiastic about solving mysteries from the past, and she has a personal interest in the history of the rumrunners who ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

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A dazzling novel set during the Great War and postwar Prohibition about a young nurse, a soldier, and a family secret that binds them together for generations to come—from USA TODAY and repeat #1 bestselling author Genevieve Graham.Present dayCassie Simmons, a museum curator, is enthusiastic about solving mysteries from the past, and she has a personal interest in the history of the rumrunners who
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The Sleeping Car Porter

by Suzette Mayr ...

FEATURED ON MICHELLE OBAMA'S INSTAGRAMSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARDWINNER OF THE 2022 GILLER PRIZEWINNER OF THE 2023 GEORGES BUGNET AWARD FOR FICTIONFINALIST FOR THE 2023 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD FOR ENGLISH-LANGUAGE FICTIONPUBLISHERS WEEKLY TOP 20 LITERARY FICTION BOOKS OF 2022OPRAH DAILY: BOOKS TO READ BY THE FIRE<... ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

FEATURED ON MICHELLE OBAMA'S INSTAGRAMSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARDWINNER OF THE 2022 GILLER PRIZEWINNER OF THE 2023 GEORGES BUGNET AWARD FOR FICTIONFINALIST FOR THE 2023 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD FOR ENGLISH-LANGUAGE FICTIONPUBLISHERS WEEKLY TOP 20 LITERARY FICTION BOOKS OF 2022OPRAH DAILY: BOOKS TO READ BY THE FIRE<...
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