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“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” - Oscar Wilde
And All the Stars Shall Fall Hugh MacDonald
The Dead Letter Finley Martin
150: Canada’s History in Poetry Judy Gaudet This new collection of poems tells the story of 150 years as a country. The poets represent a wide variety of Canadian experience from every part of the country and period of our history providing a solid representation of Canadian diversity. Provides an exciting and lasting addition to our sense of who we are and where we’ve been, and gives us a basis on which to think about our attitudes and directions for the future.
Home Plate, Blue Helmet: : From Charlottetown to the Holy Land and Back Michael Conway Michael Conway grew up in Charlottetown’s historic north and east end neighbourhoods full of colourful characters, hard-working families with few luxuries, and close- knit friendships. His stories vividly bring to life the joys and hardships, loyalties and eccentricities, cherished traditions and cultural transformations he experienced intimately there. Conway’s memoir celebrates a community, it’s living history, partly eclipsed by social change, mostly enhanced by heritage movements and a strong sense of tradition and belonging.
The police constable’s girlfriend is murdered in a fit of jealous rage and then hidden by an elaborate cover-up. Anne Brown is running her late uncle’s detective agency after spending four or five years as his assistant. One day, the postman delivers an eleven year-old letter. The letter is addressed to her uncle from a woman who says she has evidence about a murder and begs for help from Darby. Troubled with the evidence at hand, Anne must decide if she should investigate this eleven- year old murder.
The Last Wild Boy (series) After years of struggle by Blanchfleur to maintain its independence, the idyllic walled city of Aahimsa, a community of girls and women dedicated to making a life of peace free of the brutality and aggression of outsiders, and its prospering Manuhome, are suddenly victims of a brutal surprise attack by the forces of The World Federation of City States.
The Porridge is Up ! Stories from My Childhood Dale McIsaac
Finding Forgiveness Adrian McNally Smith
A week after his father’s death, Adrian discovered that his father had been living a lie and that he was homosexual; he had kept it hidden his whole life. This book details a son’s experience with coming to terms with secrecy and betrayal. But it is also a story of redemption as after years of hard work Smith could finally find forgiveness.
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McIsaac grew up in a large, often rambunctious, farm family near Charlottetown. The Porridge is Up! Stories from My Childhood is a collection of stories from those years—from a time when a secondhand bike or a brand new pair of pants were a big deal. Charming and laugh-out-loud funny!
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