Absent

by Betool Khedairi

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Dalal, a young Iraqi woman living with her
aunt and uncle, tries to maintain a normal life, despite the crippling effect
of bombings and international sanctions. By turns affectionate, wry, and darkly
comic, this moving portrait depicts people struggling to get by in impossible
circumstances.

Dizzy City

by Nicholas Griffin

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A suspense-filled portrait of the darker--and
more exciting--side of American capitalism at the dusk of the Gilded Age, this
compelling novel delves into what happens when people try to find happiness
at others expense.

Lauchlin of the Bad Heart

by D. R. MacDonald

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With his sharply
realized characters, lyrical pacing and haunting treatment of the Cape Breton
landscape, Lauchlin of the Bad Heart is sure to garner the critical
acclaim that surrounded his previous bestselling novel, Cape Breton Road.
Once again, D.R. MacDonald conjures a masterwork - part love story, part suspense
tale, and part quest for home and heart.

The Gum Thief

by Douglas Coupland

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On every page of this witty, wise and unforgettable
novel, Coupland reminds us that love, death and eternal friendship can all transpire
where we least expect them. And that even after tragedy seems to have wiped
your human slate clean, stories can slowly rebuild you.

Between Trains: Stories

by Barry Callaghan

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A collection of perfectly-wrought stories
peopled with flawed characters striving to understand themselves and the world
around them.

Fashionably Late

by Nadine Dajani

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Aline Hallaby, a nice, obedient Arab girl,
gets caught up in a whirlwind of rum-soaked nights and moonlit Havana strolls
and gets her very first taste of what it would be like to be bad. Is Ali finally
ready to break out of the good-girl mold and grow into the woman she was meant
to be?

Turtle Valley

by Gail Anderson-Dargatz

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Turtle Valley is a novel of reconciliation
and hope in the midst of terrible loss. Part ghost story, part mystery, part
romance, the novel transcends these genres and carries its readers into new
territories of forgiveness and acceptance of the difficult choices we all must
make in finding our way through life and love.

The Penguin Book of Canadian Short Stories

by Jane Urquhart

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This stunning collection of 60 stories-over
a century's worth of the best Canadian literature by an extraordinary array
of our finest writers-has been selected and is introduced by award-winning writer
Jane Urquhart. Urquhart's selection includes stories by major literary figures
such as Mavis Gallant, Carol Shields, Alistair MacLeod, and Margaret Atwood,
and wonderful stories by younger writers, including Dennis Bock, Joseph Boyden,
and Madeleine Thien.

Macdonald

by Roy MacSkimming

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The spellbinding narrative features a memorable
cast of characters ranging from President Ulysses S. Grant, Louis Riel and Sir
Wilfrid Laurier to Macdonald's feisty second wife, Lady Agnes Macdonald, and
their disabled daughter Mary. Convincingly grounded in the political and personal
passions of the day, Macdonald delivers a brilliant and exciting portrait
of a young emerging nation and its greatest champion. At once seductively evocative
and emotionally engaging, this is historical fiction at its best.