GOOD READS FROM ACORN PRESS
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Place of Miracles (by Linda Stewart) Iris is a pastoral hamlet in Prince Edward Island, full of people doing their best to live good lives. These folks help each other out—raising barns, raising children, and raising money whenever anyone’s in need. This uplifting, heartfelt sequel to Linda Stewart’s Beautiful Sadness brings the reader back to the turmoil of the late 1960s, when old ways were forced to meet new—and sometimes found more common ground than anyone expected.
The Floating Days (by Susan Rodgers) When Catherine’s world- travelling son Ryan dies suddenly overseas, she is left reeling. She’s never quite found the stability and comfort she needs from her husband, Jack, and now he’s all she has. A light in the darkness, The Floating Days explores one family’s attempt to make sense of tragedy as they discover that perhaps true freedom is the beautiful, brief time we share on earth with the people we love.
The Sandcastle That Jack Built (Words by Judith Graves, Art by Maurice Bernard) At once familiar and fresh, The Sandcastle that Jack Built is a lyrical and playful version of the traditional nursery rhyme. In this updated classic, Judith Graves's beautiful text is perfectly accompanied by rich, vivid illustrations from renowned Island artist Maurice Bernard. Cod Only Kows (by Hilary MacLeod) A photograph is the only evidence the big one ever existed. The Shores’s mysterious Abel Mack almost landed the most giant of the giant cod the last time they appeared. In this sixth Shores mystery by Hilary MacLeod, everyone is after the one that got away. But does anything–or anyone–who is attached to The Shores ever actually get away…alive? Cod only knows. 4
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Dead Letter (by Finley Martin) It is 2001 and the police constable’s girlfriend is murdered in a fit of jealous rage. When the constable realizes what he has done, he manages an elaborate cover-up. Only one person knows the truth. Flash forward to 2012. Anne Brown is still running her late uncle, Bill Darby’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 named Carolyn Jollimore. She says she has evidence about a murder and begs for help from Darby. But Bill Darby is dead. And when Anne looks up the letter’s author, she finds that Jollimore too is now dead.
L’Acadie de L’Ile-du-Prince Édouard / The Acadians of Prince Edward Island (by Georges Arsenault ) The Acadians of Prince Edward Island highlights the cultural and historical significance of carefully curated and organized photo collections. From some points of view, this book is like an old- fashioned family album, except that it illustrates the ordinary life of not just one but many Acadian families.
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