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I couldn’t stop thinking about it: Dual Citizens will take up residency in your mind and heart for quite some time.” — \u003cstrong\u003eJennifer Gilmore, author of The Mothers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_5_Auth":"Jennifer Gilmore, author of The Mothers","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“Touching . . . \u003cem\u003eDual Citizens\u003c\/em\u003e has a lot in common with Zadie Smith’s Swing Time and Claire Messud’s The Burning Girl.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Wall Street Journal","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Fascinating and unexpected.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChatelaine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Chatelaine","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“With supreme confidence, Ohlin’s quicksilver prose and brilliant characterization at once seize and pull the reader into the wide-ranging and complex world of half-sisters Robin and Lark as they struggle with questions of identity, the slow burn of mental illness, and the need to leave your mark on the world. Her characters are as complex and real as your own dearest loved ones. 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Dual Citizens
An intimate and compelling novel about motherhood, love and the search for belonging, and what it means to be a sister.
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Dunk Tank
Dunk Tank is a rich, imaginative, and sometimes absurdist exploration of the landscape of the body and of adult life.
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This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Kayla Czaga's poetry collection Dunk Tank is limited to 50 copies.
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Easy Avenue
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A bitingly hilarious satire of the making of wine, television, and taste from one of Canada’s most accomplished comic writers.
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A searing account of three interconnected global crises that defined the 2010s, and a powerful invitation to respond with compassionate solidarity.
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Eighteen Below
Gritty and chilling, Eighteen Below Zero is the third stand-alone thriller in the internationally bestselling Fabian Risk series.
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El Niño
El Niño tracks the survival of one woman and a young, undocumented migrant as they journey through the no-man’s-land of a remote southwestern desert.
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El pan de la guerra
Parvana tiene 11 años y vive en Afganistán bajo el mandato de los talibanes. Cuando detienen a su padre buscará una solución desesperada: convertirse en un chico.
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A collection of candid and wide-ranging interviews with Canadian writers, including Alice Munro, Mordecai Richler, Margaret Laurence, and more.
