In the realm of fiction, women are too often cast as inherently good?typically kind, always considerate, and traditionally in possession of high morals. Not so in the audacious stories of Waiting for
An updated edition of Herb Belcourt’s remarkable life story with a brand-new foreword by the author.The eldest of ten children, Belcourt grew up in a small log home near the Métis settlement of Lac St
It’s 1947 in Lahore, and the Sharma family is forced to flee their home during the violence of the Partition of India. As the train tracks measure the ever-growing distance between Varoon and hi
An evocative collection that illuminates life for those directly affected by mental illness—both the sufferers and their family members—and endeavours to lift the stigma that exists around it.More tha
Sonja Danychuk, a serious and introverted student, takes pride in her intellect and academic achievements?essential skills when growing up in a dirt-poor family that struggles to survive in a small to
In 1808, eighteen-year-old Anna Petrovna Bulygina is aboard the Russian ship St. Nikolai when it runs aground off on the west coast of Washington State on the Olympic Peninsula. The crew, tasked with
In the spring of 1977, Annie, a flighty artist, and her twelve-year-old daughter, Delilah, trade the cherry blossom trees and beaches of Vancouver for rugged and remote Old Town in Yellowknife, surpri
Your Heart Is the Size of Your Fist draws readers into the complicated, poignant, and often-overlooked daily happenings of a busy urban medical clinic for refugees.An Iraqi journalist whose son has be
"Kuipers' light touch and eye for telling details will keep the reader wanting more. A collection of delicate sketches that mark Kuipers as a writer of promise." —Kirkus ReviewsOriginal, witty, and su
Moving, entertaining, and witty, A Thousand Consolations is a literary romantic comedy for fans of David Nicholls’s Us and Emma Straub’s Modern Lovers.Paula doesn’t put much faith in the candles she d
