If I Had an Old House on the East Coast by Wanda Baxter & Kat Frick Miller
This hardcover "giftbook" from Nimbus Publishing is perfect for someone who has purchased an older home out here on the East Coast
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Transplanted by Allison Watson
In Transplanted, author Allison Watson describes her life with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and her lung's long, slow decline to the point where only a double-lung transplant can save her life. As of this book, she is four years post-transplant and is doing well.
Bad Ideas by Missy Marston
Bad Ideas is a great read, a well-balanced mix of pathos and humour that I rated as four stars at Goodreads.
A Joy To Be Hidden by Ariela Freedman
Having enjoyed two of Linda Leith Publishing’s recent titles (Hutchison Street and The Philistine) I picked up Ariela Freedman’s newest novel, A Joy to be Hidden hoping the quality of writing would be sustained. A few pages in, and I was entirely hooked into reading it. While her protagonist Alice Stein is likeable, it is Ms. Freedman’s intimate description of a corner of New York City in the late 90s that makes A Joy to be Hidden a real joy to read.… Continue reading
What-Cha Doing? by Kim Renton, Illus. by Tamara Thiebaux Heikalo
Just in time for maple syrup season, this read-aloud picture book makes the perfect introduction to maple syrup, where it comes from and how it is made.
Random Act (A Jack McMorrow Mystery) by Gerry Boyle
Number 12 in the Jack McMorrow Mystery Series, the story involves the mystery and confusion surrounding the seemingly random axe murder of a woman in a big-box store just moments after Jack passes her in the parking lot.
Making it Home by Alison DeLory
In Alison DeLory's Making it Home, published by Vagrant Press, we have a novel involving a Syrian family coming to Canada. The author dovetails a Syrian family escaping Aleppo to live in a refugee camp in Turkey, with that of a family in Falkirk Cove, a small community on Cape Breton Island.
Grass-Fed by Aaron Schneider
An academic, an artist, two businessmen, a talk show host, and a retired hockey player gather at a hunting lodge and resort in Northern Ontario. Over the course of their retreat they kill, they eat and they justify their lives.