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Micmac by Choice (by M. Olga McKenna) is the inspiring account of a remarkable woman, Elsie Sark, and of the remarkable community she chose as her home. 4 first professionally trained veterinarians, Ings set up his practice in the eastern town of Souris before moving to Montague. Mud, Sweat and Tears (by Bud Ings) tells the story of Bud Ings’ adventures as a rural veterinarian in the 1950s. As one of Prince Edward Island’s
The book about the red-haired girl needs no introduction. Anne of Green Gables (by L.M. Montgomery) is an iconic Island read.
Beach Reading (by Lorne Elliott) takes us back to the early 1970s on the North Shore of PEI, where a hilarious and colourful cast of Lorne Elliott characters are engaged in uproarious political, financial, musical, amorous, and ecological shenanigans.
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Chung Lee Loves Lobsters (by Hugh
MacDonald) Mr. Chung Lee is a retired restaurant cook who buys one lobster a month with his old age pension check, takes the lobster to the seashore, and releases it into the sea. This book, a PEI favourite, was originally published in 1992 by Annick Press. New illustrations and fresh text will make it a favourite for a new generation of Islanders. This story won the L. M. Montgomery Children’s Literature Award in 1990.
Beyond the Tides (by Liz Johnson) When Meg Whitaker’s father decides to sell the family’s lobster-fishing business to her high school nemesis, she sets out to prove she should inherit it instead. Though she’s never had any interest in running the small fleet — or even getting on a boat due to her persistent seasickness — she can’t stand to see Oliver Ross take over. Not when he ruined her dreams for a science scholarship and an Ivy League education ten years ago.
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