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Ridgerunner by Gil AdamsonWilliam Moreland, the notorious thief known as the Ridgerunner, is in mid-flight. Moving through the Rocky Mountains, the solitary drifter is also a widower and a father. And he is determined to steal enough money to secure his son’s future — at any cost.Genre: Canadian fiction; Historical fiction; WesternsStoryline: Character-drivenPace: Fast-pacedTone: Atmospheric
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Coming Up for Air by Sarah LeipcigerSet in Paris in 1899, Norway in the 1950s, and the Ottawa Valley in Canada in 2017, three lives intertwine in poignant and surprising ways.Genre: Canadian fiction; Historical fiction; Literary fiction; Themes: Inspired by real eventsStoryline: SweepingTone: Atmospheric; Moving; Thought-provokingWriting Style: Descriptive; Spare; Well-crafted dialogue
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New in Canadian Non-Fiction
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The Skin We're in : A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond ColeDiscusses injustices faced by Black Canadians on a daily basis, puncturing the bubble of Canadian smugness and naive assumptions of a post-racial nation, and chronicles just one year (2017) in the struggle against racism in this country.Genre: Canadian literature; Politics; Society and cultureStoryline: Issue-oriented; Own voicesWriting Style: Compelling; Incisive; Persuasive
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The Road to Ganneious (2012) "This story, told through fact and fiction, is about the life and times of the ancestors of one Canadian family in their journey from deep in the mountains of Austria to the shores of Hay Bay on Lake Ontario. It portrays the heartaches and hardships of many thousands of Euro-American peoples who came to a land they thought of as a wilderness but eventually made their home."
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"From the author of Road to Ganneious comes a story of a village boy growing up in a time of hardship and a foreign war, but in the womb of nature, and nurtured by rough love at the bosom of his heritage. It was a good time to be a boy, born of the rivers, the lakes, and the woods before many people of the village fled to cities."
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A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia ElliottA personal meditation on trauma, legacy, oppression and racism in North America, in an urgent and visceral work that asks essential questions about Native people in North America.Genre: Canadian literature; Politics and global affairsStoryline: Issue-oriented; Own voicesTone: Thought-provokingWriting Style: Candid; Compelling
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The Art of Leavingby Ayelet TsabariA memoir in essays by the award-winning author of The Best Place on Earth discusses the early loss of the author's father, her mandated military service and her struggles with identity as an Israeli of Yemeni descent.Genre: Autobiographies and memoirs; Canadian literature; Storyline: Own voicesTone: MovingWriting Style: Candid
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Greenwoodby Michael ChristieA shining, intricate clockwork of a novel, Greenwood is a rain-soaked and sun-dappled story of the bonds and breaking points of money and love, wood and blood--and the hopeful, impossible task of growing toward the light.Genre: Canadian fiction; Family sagas; Literary fictionThemes: Novels of placeCharacter: Well-developedWriting Style: Lyrical; Stylistically complex
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Empire of Wild by Cherie DimalineInspired by the Canadian Métis legend of the Rogarou, a U.S. debut finds a woman reconnecting with her heritage when her missing husband reappears in the form of a charismatic preacher who does not recognize her. Genre: Canadian fiction; Urban fantasyCharacter: Complex; Culturally diverseTone: Bleak; Steamy; SuspensefulWriting Style: Candid; Lyrical
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The Innocents by Michael CrummeyTwo orphans forage for survival on an isolated Newfoundland cove during years marked by storms and ravaging illness, before the mystery of their nature tests the limits of their bond.Genre: Canadian fiction; Historical fiction; Literary fictionCharacter: Well-developedStoryline: Character-drivenTone: Bleak; Moving; OffbeatWriting Style: Compelling; Descriptive; Gritty
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This One Looks Like a Boyby Lorimer ShenherCanadian Lorimer Shenher, author of the bestselling author of That Lonely Section of Hell, tells the story of his gender transition and midlife coming-of-age.Genre: Autobiographies and memoirs; Canadian literature;Storyline: Own voicesTone: Inspiring; MovingWriting Style: Candid; Compelling
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The book of letters I didn't know where to send by Steve Patterson"This a collection of correspondence that are a perfect length if you find your mind wandering these days. It is an easy ‘pick up and set down’ book. Patterson uses his trademark wit that you may have heard on CBC's The Debaters and no person or thing is safe from his pondering, whether it is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the ladies of the earth, or the letter K (he doesn't 'k'now why can't it just make up its mind whether it is silent or not). If you are looking for an escape from the news of the day, I guarantee this book will put a smile on your face.” -- Julie, Readers' Services Coordinator
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