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{"id":6818368290875,"title":"What Becomes","handle":"what-becomes","description":"\u003cp\u003eA. L. Kennedy's remarkable new collection of stories shows us exactly what becomes of the broken-hearted. She reveals the sadness, violence, hurt, and terror, but also the redemption of love, and she does so with enormous human compassion, wild leaps of humour, and the brilliantly original linguistic skill that distinguishes her as one of the world's finest writers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlways attuned to the moment of epiphany, these twelve stories are profound, intimate observations of men and women whose lives ache with possibility. Each story is a dramatization of the instant in a life that exposes it all; love and the lack of love, hope and the lack of hope. These men and women are perfectly ordinary people whose marriages flounder; who sit on their own in a cinema watching a film with no soundtrack; who risk sex in a hotel with an anonymous stranger. 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Twelve remarkable stories show us what becomes of the broken hearted.
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Under the Hawthorn Tree
Under the Hawthorn Tree is a story of first love and forbidden love, set against the backdrop of the final days of the Cultural Revolution.
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Dr. Brinkley's Tower
Dr. Brinkley’s Tower is a sensational, passionate story of jealousy and greed set against the backdrop of Mexico in the 1930s.
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"A fascinating and at times mind-boggling book that will change the way you think about time." — Financial Times
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The 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology
The annual anthology of the best Canadian and international poetry, edited by Ian Williams, winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
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ages 4
to 7
/ grades K
to 2
When I Found Grandma
Maya longs to see her grandmother, but when Grandma arrives from far away for a visit, she is not quite what Maya expected.
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Swan Dive
A teenage refugee adapts to a new country and even finds a best friend, until the pressures of past and present collide and lead to a devastating lie.
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Flannery
A literally spellbinding story about chasing love, fighting family, losing friends and starting all over again.
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Aunt Pearl
A sensitive and bittersweet portrayal of a loving family affected by homelessness, from acclaimed creators Monica Kulling and Irene Luxbacher.
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ages 4
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Rocky Waters
Inspired by a true story, Rocky Waters is about a young boy who wants nothing more than to fish for lobster with his dad.
