A Mother’s Betrayal: The Murder of Karissa Boudreau and the RCMP Investigation that Uncovered the Truth by John Elliott
A shocking but compelling story, A Mother’s Betrayal takes the reader on an emotional roller coaster from start to finish.
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Lost & Found in Lunenburg by Jane Doucet
A quirky, tender work of contemporary fiction about grief, love, and starting again at middle-age set in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, from the author of The Pregnant Pause and Fishnets & Fantasies.
Making A Home: Assisted Living in the Community for Young Disabled People by Jen Powley
In Making a Home, Powley tells the story of how she got young disabled people like herself out of nursing homes through developing a group home for adults with severe physical disabilities. This book makes a case for living in the community and against dehumanizing institutionalization.
Thank You For Loving Me by Nicole Bea
One year ago, Maggie Montgomery’s life crashed down around her. Her hope for a future and family died with her husband, lost at sea in a shipwreck.
Recipe for a Good Life by Lesley Crewe
Globe & Mail bestselling Lesley Crewe’s new novel follows a mystery author with writer’s block from 1950s Montreal to rural Cape Breton, in search of much more than her next big story.
The Garrett Bluenose Patterns: Celebrating Nova Scotia’s Rug Hooking Heritage, by The Teachers Branch, Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia
Over the course of 80 years, Garrett’s produced hundreds of designs. They also provided patterns for Eaton’s, who, in the late 1920s, were Garrett’s best customers. Garrett’s rose to become the largest worldwide producer of rug hooking patterns.
Lucien & Olivia by André Narbonne
The protagonist, Lucien, is a marine engineer on a Canadian tanker. While on one—month leave in Halifax, he meets Olivia, a brilliant philosophy student at Dalhousie University, who takes an immediate dislike to him What begins as mutual antipathy changes when they discover how compatible their oddities are.
McNutt’s Island Journal by Elizabeth Walden Hyde
McNutt’s Island Journal is Elizabeth Walden Hyde’s candid record of her life on this small island off Shelburne, Nova Scotia, from September 1984 to May 1985.
Birth Road by Michelle Wamboldt
Episodic in nature, Birth Road by Michell Wamboldt tells the story of Helen, a young woman from Truro, whose life of heartbreak and challenge will pierce your soul but her pluck and perseverance will warm your heart.
The Volunteers: How Halifax Women Won the Second World War by Lezlie Lowe
Thoroughly researched and compellingly told, and with a dozen archival images, The Volunteers examines the untold stories of the hardworking women whose unpaid and unacknowledged labour won the Second World War.
Dulse to Donairs: An Irreverent History of Food in Nova Scotia by Steven Laffoley
Far from the canned ravioli and Jell-O salads of his youth, Laffoley discovered that Nova Scotian food could be fresh and fascinating, frivolous and fun.
The Mystery Ships of Nova Scotia in the First World War by John N. Grant
n 1917, a small fleet of six schooners sailed from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland ports as live bait for German U-boats.
Unfiltered: An Irreverent History of Beer in Nova Scotia by Steven Laffoley
After extensive initial research, author Steven Laffoley discovered that the history of beer in Nova Scotia was as cloudy as a good pumpkin lager or a cold wheat beer on a dark winter’s day. So with an intrepid, albeit mildly inebriated, explorer’s courage, he packed up his notebook and set off in search of Nova Scotia’s beer-filled past, which, as it turned out, was far stranger than he expected.
A Canoer of Shorelines by Anne M. Smith-Nochasak
In A Canoer of Shorelines, Julie Martin and Rachel Hardy both have an attachment to Meadowbrook Acres, and both try to reinvent their lives in its ghostly, antique embrace.
The Last Time I Saw Her by Alexandra Harrington
In The Last Time I Saw Her, friends and family are pitted against each other after a tragic accident leaves behind shattered relationships and shocking secrets. A riveting novel by a new voice in teen fiction.