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{"id":6816115851323,"title":"The Two Sisters of Borneo","handle":"the-two-sisters-of-borneo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe sixth installment in the wildly popular Ava Lee series from Arthur Ellis Award winner Ian Hamilton.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAva has been in Hong Kong looking after Uncle. She has also set up an investment company with May Ling Wong and her sister-in-law, Amanda Yee. One of their first investments — a furniture company owned by two sisters in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo — runs into immediate problems with a Dutch customer. Ava goes to the Netherlands to investigate, but her life is threatened when she is confronted by a gang of local thugs in Borneo. Out of the shadows comes a mysterious man from Shanghai…\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-25T14:27:37-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-25T11:53:35-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult LGBTQ+","An Ava Lee Novel","By (author) Hamilton Ian","pub date: 2014-01-27","Spiderline","Thrillers \u0026 Mystery"],"price":1899,"price_min":1899,"price_max":2295,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40213537292347,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770892446","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Two Sisters of Borneo - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2295,"weight":318,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770892446","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40213631205435,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770892453","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Two Sisters of Borneo - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1899,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770892453","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40213631696955,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770895430","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Two Sisters of Borneo - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1899,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770895430","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_820ae407-e683-406c-aebc-de48a84c3fb3.jpg?v=1679028341"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_820ae407-e683-406c-aebc-de48a84c3fb3.jpg?v=1679028341","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23338829971515,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"width":1575,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_820ae407-e683-406c-aebc-de48a84c3fb3.jpg?v=1679028341"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_820ae407-e683-406c-aebc-de48a84c3fb3.jpg?v=1679028341","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe sixth installment in the wildly popular Ava Lee series from Arthur Ellis Award winner Ian Hamilton.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAva has been in Hong Kong looking after Uncle. She has also set up an investment company with May Ling Wong and her sister-in-law, Amanda Yee. One of their first investments — a furniture company owned by two sisters in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo — runs into immediate problems with a Dutch customer. Ava goes to the Netherlands to investigate, but her life is threatened when she is confronted by a gang of local thugs in Borneo. Out of the shadows comes a mysterious man from Shanghai…\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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The Two Sisters of Borneo
The sixth installment in the wildly popular Ava Lee series from Arthur Ellis Award winner, Ian Hamilton.
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{"id":6816115064891,"title":"The Marrying of Chani Kaufman","handle":"the-marrying-of-chani-kaufman","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in the Orthodox Jewish community in North West London, \u003cem\u003eThe Marrying of Chani Kaufman\u003c\/em\u003e is the poignant and humorous story of nineteen-year-old Chani Kaufman and the lead-up to her wedding night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNineteen-year-old Chani lives in the ultra-orthodox Jewish community of North West London. She has never had physical contact with a man, but is bound to marry a stranger. The rabbi’s wife teaches her what it means to be a Jewish wife, but Rivka has her own questions to answer. Soon buried secrets, fear, and sexual desire bubble to the surface in a story of liberation and choice; not to mention what happens on the wedding night.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-25T14:25:38-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-25T11:52:42-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Anansi International","By (author) Harris Eve","Literary Fiction","pub date: 2013-10-24"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40213535948859,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770894747","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Marrying of Chani Kaufman - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":363,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770894747","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40213604892731,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770894754","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Marrying of Chani Kaufman - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770894754","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40213605351483,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770895188","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Marrying of Chani Kaufman - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770895188","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_0e920d04-781f-4955-afba-cb72fcd8731c.jpg?v=1678601310"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_0e920d04-781f-4955-afba-cb72fcd8731c.jpg?v=1678601310","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324560687163,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"width":1575,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_0e920d04-781f-4955-afba-cb72fcd8731c.jpg?v=1678601310"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_0e920d04-781f-4955-afba-cb72fcd8731c.jpg?v=1678601310","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eSet in the Orthodox Jewish community in North West London, \u003cem\u003eThe Marrying of Chani Kaufman\u003c\/em\u003e is the poignant and humorous story of nineteen-year-old Chani Kaufman and the lead-up to her wedding night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNineteen-year-old Chani lives in the ultra-orthodox Jewish community of North West London. She has never had physical contact with a man, but is bound to marry a stranger. The rabbi’s wife teaches her what it means to be a Jewish wife, but Rivka has her own questions to answer. Soon buried secrets, fear, and sexual desire bubble to the surface in a story of liberation and choice; not to mention what happens on the wedding night.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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The Marrying of Chani Kaufman
The story of nineteen-year-old Chani Kaufman and the lead-up to her wedding night set in the Orthodox Jewish community in North West London.
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{"id":6815473041467,"title":"When the Doves Disappeared","handle":"when-the-doves-disappeared","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the internationally acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003ePurge\u003c\/em\u003e comes a chillingly suspenseful, deftly woven new novel that opens up a little-known yet still controversial chapter of history: the occupation, resistance, and collaboration in Estonia during and after World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1941: In Communist-ruled, war-ravaged Estonia, two men are fleeing from the Red Army — Roland, a fiercely principled freedom fighter, and his slippery cousin Edgar. When the Germans arrive, Roland goes into hiding; Edgar abandons his unhappy wife, Juudit, and takes on a new identity as a loyal supporter of the Nazi regime … 1963: Estonia is again under Communist control, independence even further out of reach behind the Iron Curtain. 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The story also offers a lot of suspense and many surprising twists . . . What a unique literary talent she possesses.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Dagsavisen (Norway)","OtherText_Review_4":"Meticulously precise prose . . . This is powerful fiction that stirs history, war crimes, and psychology into a compelling mix.","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Joanne Wilkinson","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_5":"Oksanen depicts civilian life in wartime and under communist oppression in rich historical detail, skillfully manipulating chronology and threading clues subtly throughout the narrative as suspense builds. Highly recommended.","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Reba Leidling","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Library Journal","OtherText_Review_6":"Fascinating.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Kirkus","OtherText_Review_7":"Great thriller about a part of the world not well-known to Western readers. 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When the Doves Disappeared
A chillingly suspenseful new novel that opens up a little-known chapter of history: the occupation, resistance, and collaboration in Estonia.
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Our Endless Numbered Days
A powerful and mysterious debut about a father and his eight-year-old daughter who abandon their family to live alone in the forest for nine years.
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The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Karen Solie's collection The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out is limited to 50 copies.
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The writing is immediate, bold, and original. 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Don’t let anyone tell you Kovalyova is a scientist — she is a humanist dreamer with a science day job.” — \u003cstrong\u003eAndre Van Loon, \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Andre Van Loon","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e“Like her, many of Kovalyova’s characters are scientists, and she equips them with language that is both rigorous and beautiful; …original, odd, and compelling mix of sci-fi–flavoured literature” — \u003cstrong\u003eJennifer Croll, \u003cem\u003eGeorgia Straight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Auth":"Jennifer Croll","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Georgia Straight","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e“Specimen combines the fresh perspective of a writer beginning her career with the confidence and impact of a veteran author.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOpen Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Open Book","OtherText_Review_8":"\u003cp\u003e“whip-smart debut story collection” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMetro, Bookworm Column\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Metro, Bookworm Column","OtherText_Review_9":"\u003cp\u003e“I love it when impressive new work by a debut writer takes me by surprise. That’s how I experienced this series of fascinating short stories by Irina Kovalyova… Don’t assume that these stylistic innovations or the scientific nature of the content take away from the work’s emotional power. Kovalyova’s taut prose – not a word is wasted – tells stories about fear, ambition and love…there's no doubt great things are coming from this writer. Watch out for her.” — \u003cstrong\u003eSusan G. Cole, \u003cem\u003eNOW\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_9_Auth":"Susan G. 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Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Where Did You Sleep Last Night is a love story about a teenage girl who embarks on a relationship with Kurt Cobain.
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{"id":6815471271995,"title":"Kapusta","handle":"kapusta","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eKapusta\u003c\/em\u003e, Moure performs silence on the page and aloud, writing \"gesture\" and \"voice\" to explore the relation between responsibility and place, body, and memory, sorrow and sonority. Here, poetry flourishes as a book \"beyond the book,\" in a space of performance that starts and stops time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLittle Theatres\u003c\/em\u003e, Ern Moure's avatar Elisa Sampedrn first spoke about theatre and the need for smallness in order to articulate what is huge. Sampedrn, who reappears in the translation mystery \u003cem\u003eO Resplandor\u003c\/em\u003e as the translator of a language she does not speak, vanishes later in \u003cem\u003eThe Unmemntioable\u003c\/em\u003e when the split in human identity that results from war and displacement is acknowledged. Now, in \u003cem\u003eKapusta\u003c\/em\u003e, the character E. is alone, in the smallest of spaces - the bench behind her grandmother's woodstove in Alberta. Here, E. struggles to face the largest of historical and imagined spaces - the Holocaust in Western Ukraine, and to understand her mother's silence at the sadness of her forebears, her \"salt-shaker love.\" \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-24T17:43:57-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-24T14:39:14-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Poetry","By (author) Moure Erín","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2015-04-09"],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40209998905403,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770894815","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Kapusta - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":272,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770894815","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_b21d1fb5-7047-4bb8-8459-593558d9a739.jpg?v=1682245523"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_b21d1fb5-7047-4bb8-8459-593558d9a739.jpg?v=1682245523","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23431558561851,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.735,"height":600,"width":441,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_b21d1fb5-7047-4bb8-8459-593558d9a739.jpg?v=1682245523"},"aspect_ratio":0.735,"height":600,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_b21d1fb5-7047-4bb8-8459-593558d9a739.jpg?v=1682245523","width":441}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eKapusta\u003c\/em\u003e, Moure performs silence on the page and aloud, writing \"gesture\" and \"voice\" to explore the relation between responsibility and place, body, and memory, sorrow and sonority. Here, poetry flourishes as a book \"beyond the book,\" in a space of performance that starts and stops time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLittle Theatres\u003c\/em\u003e, Ern Moure's avatar Elisa Sampedrn first spoke about theatre and the need for smallness in order to articulate what is huge. Sampedrn, who reappears in the translation mystery \u003cem\u003eO Resplandor\u003c\/em\u003e as the translator of a language she does not speak, vanishes later in \u003cem\u003eThe Unmemntioable\u003c\/em\u003e when the split in human identity that results from war and displacement is acknowledged. Now, in \u003cem\u003eKapusta\u003c\/em\u003e, the character E. is alone, in the smallest of spaces - the bench behind her grandmother's woodstove in Alberta. Here, E. struggles to face the largest of historical and imagined spaces - the Holocaust in Western Ukraine, and to understand her mother's silence at the sadness of her forebears, her \"salt-shaker love.\" \u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Kapusta
In Kapusta poetry flourishes as a book "beyond the book," in a space of performance that starts and stops time.
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The Place of Shining Light
A ride through war-torn and terrorist-controlled regions as three men race against time to take possession of a 5,000-year-old religious treasure.
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{"id":6815466291259,"title":"The First Little Bastard to Call Me Gramps","handle":"the-first-little-bastard-to-call-me-gramps","description":"\u003cp\u003eBill Richardson, winner of the Stephen Leacock medal for humour and former CBC Radio personality, delivers a “fresh and frisky” poetic take on transitioning into life as a retiree and living through the golden years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn their frank and witty delivery, Richardson’s illustrated retirement rhymes for the hoary-headed do not just playfully reveal the inevitable weakening that afflicts the mind and body as the years wear on, they also cast light on the ageless, exuberant spirit that too often remains hidden inside. From retirement homes, cruises, and grandchildren to liver spots, memory problems, and geriatric sex, Richardson’s candid reflections on the trials, tribulations, and humiliations of growing old are funny, sharp, and irreverent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated by award-winning artist Roxanna Bikadoroff, \u003cem\u003eThe First Little Bastard to Call Me Gramps\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential companion to the graces, and disgraces, of ageing.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-24T17:43:35-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-24T14:32:20-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Humor","Adult Poetry","By (author) Richardson Bill","House of Anansi Press","Illustrated by Bikadoroff Roxanna","pub date: 2015-10-10"],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40209980981307,"title":"hardcover","option1":"hardcover","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487000547","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The First Little Bastard to Call Me Gramps - hardcover","public_title":"hardcover","options":["hardcover"],"price":1995,"weight":299,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487000547","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_6c8a8837-8d74-44b0-a834-3f94c1c40358.jpg?v=1660539399"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_6c8a8837-8d74-44b0-a834-3f94c1c40358.jpg?v=1660539399","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22517051850811,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.641,"height":563,"width":361,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_6c8a8837-8d74-44b0-a834-3f94c1c40358.jpg?v=1660539399"},"aspect_ratio":0.641,"height":563,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_6c8a8837-8d74-44b0-a834-3f94c1c40358.jpg?v=1660539399","width":361}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eBill Richardson, winner of the Stephen Leacock medal for humour and former CBC Radio personality, delivers a “fresh and frisky” poetic take on transitioning into life as a retiree and living through the golden years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn their frank and witty delivery, Richardson’s illustrated retirement rhymes for the hoary-headed do not just playfully reveal the inevitable weakening that afflicts the mind and body as the years wear on, they also cast light on the ageless, exuberant spirit that too often remains hidden inside. From retirement homes, cruises, and grandchildren to liver spots, memory problems, and geriatric sex, Richardson’s candid reflections on the trials, tribulations, and humiliations of growing old are funny, sharp, and irreverent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated by award-winning artist Roxanna Bikadoroff, \u003cem\u003eThe First Little Bastard to Call Me Gramps\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential companion to the graces, and disgraces, of ageing.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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From retirement homes, cruises, and grandchildren to liver spots, memory problems, and geriatric sex, Richardson’s candid reflections on the trials, tribulations, and humiliations of growing old are funny, sharp, and irreverent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated by award-winning artist Roxanna Bikadoroff, \u003cem\u003eThe First Little Bastard to Call Me Gramps\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential companion to the graces, and disgraces, of ageing.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781487000547","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781487000547\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"7.25","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","MetaKeywords":"Poems about getting older; getting old; old people problems; retirement; the golden years; different POVs; aging; lighthearted poems; funny poems; changes; new stage of life; old age; old souls; joys of aging; geriatric sex; cruises; canadian author; cbc; elders; canadian writers","NumberOfPages":"128","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“These poems are brilliant. 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The First Little Bastard to Call Me Gramps
A “fresh and frisky” poetic take on transitioning into life as a retiree and living through the golden years.
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The Butcher's Hook
Anne Jaccob, a nineteen-year old daughter of a wealthy merchant falls in love with Fub, the butcher’s son — an imperfect match.
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But Josephine can’t bear to — it only took one night for their whole lives, friendship, and even selves to unravel beyond comprehension. They have done truly terrible things to one another in the name of survival. She most of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll she has ever wanted was to forget, but Freya is no longer willing to let her and now at last, Josephine is to meet her reckoning…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Exclusives\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping and emotional thriller that explores the power the past can have on our present and confronts how far we are willing to go when everything we prize is threatened.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781487001049","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781487001049\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","guide_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781487001025\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=guide\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Spiderline","MetaKeywords":"boarding school; female friendship; friends; friendship; head girl; prefect; drama; family; mystery; mean girls; mental illness; british; archeologist; archeology; suspense; big reveal; mental health; teenage girls; affair; oxford; university; teenage angst; angst; pressure; pressure to get into university","NumberOfPages":"384","OtherText_Accolades_0":"\u003cp\u003e“Compellingly dark, brilliantly gripping: Rebecca Thornton takes a scalpel to the heart of female friendship.” — \u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Day, author of Paradise City\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Elizabeth Day, author of Paradise City","OtherText_Accolades_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Prep meets The Secret History meets Mean Girls — a stunning debut novel.” — \u003cstrong\u003eEsther Walker, author of The Bad Mother\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Esther Walker, author of The Bad Mother","OtherText_Accolades_2":"\u003cp\u003e“Gorgeous, gripping, heartrending, and juicy. Set against the tantalizing background of an exclusive boarding school, The Exclusives explores the labyrinth of friendship and the price of success with vivid accuracy, and also the consequences the most seemingly minute of choices can have. This is an author with a gift for storytelling. You’ll want to devour every word she has written, until you reach the novel’s satisfying conclusion.” — \u003cstrong\u003eMarissa Stapley, author of Mating for Life\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Marissa Stapley, author of Mating for Life","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“…clever, devilish and readable throughout.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"The Exclusives is a thriller that examines a schoolgirl friendship gone awry at an elite private school.","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2016-05-14","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"The Exclusives is a thriller that examines a schoolgirl friendship gone awry at an elite private school.","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
The Exclusives
The Exclusives is a thriller that examines a schoolgirl friendship gone awry at an elite private school.
