Canadian Authors
Books available at this library published by Canadian authors
All my puny sorrows
Toews, Miriam, 1964- author
2014
Elf and Yoli are sisters. While on the surface Elfrieda's life is enviable (she's a world-renowned pianist, glamorous, wealthy, and happily married) and Yolandi's a mess (she's divorced and broke, with two teenagers growing up too quickly), they are fiercely close - raised in a Mennonite household and sharing the hardship of Elf's desire to end her life. After Elf's latest attempt, Yoli must quickly determine how to keep her family from falling apart, how to keep her own heart from breaking, and what it means to love someone who wants to die.
Autumn's magical pact
Edwards, Leigh Ann, author
2022
After her father's unexplained disappearance, the entrancingly beautiful healer Rhianwyn Albray finds herself in a perilous position. She's nineteen, living alone, and unwed-which, by the king's law, is strictly forbidden. Several men rally to claim her as their bride, but when a mysterious Irishman, Lord Broccan Mulryan, requests the king's permission to wed her, Rhianwyn immediately objects. Though he is handsome and there is an undeniable physical attraction, he's also demanding, arrogant, and not husband material. Rhianwyn meets with her three closest friends, Elspeth, Selena, and Lilliana, at the mystical stone circle near their small English village. Bemoaning their inevitable and undesired fates, each presumes the others will fare better. Then a peculiar old crone offers them a magical opportunity to trade lives-a binding pact that will forever change them, their friendships, and their destinies.
The book of negroes
Hill, Lawrence, 1957-, author
2007
A sweeping story that transports the reader from a tribal African village to a plantation in the southern United States, from the teeming Halifax docks to the manor houses of London.
I'll never marry a farmer : on life, learning and vegetable gardening
Hole, Lois, 1929-2005, author
1998
Silver nitrate
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia, author.
2023
Montserrat's friend Tristán discovers his new neighbour is the cult horror director Abel Urueta. The legendary auteur claims he has a way to change their lives: a magic film that was never finished and Urueta swears he is cursed. Now the director wants Montserrat and Tristán to help him shoot the missing scene and lift the curse. As they work together to unravel the mystery of the film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their city, Montserrat and Tristan might find out that sorcerers and magic are not only the stuff of movies.
