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• Interesting Facts About Space

  Austin, Emily (Emily R.)

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  Meet Enid: a lesbian who's a serial dater and deaf in one ear. As Enid fumbles her way through her first serious relationship and navigates a new family life with her estranged half-sisters, she starts to worry that someone is following her.

• The Cure for Drowning

  Paylor, Loghan

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  Born Kathleen to an immigrant Irish farming family in southern Ontario, Kit McNair has been a troublesome changeling since, at ten, they fell through the river ice and drowned--only to be nursed back to life by their mother's Celtic magic. A…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Behind You

  a Novel

  Hernandez, Catherine, 1977-

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  Alma is a Filipina woman who works as a film editor for a cheesy True Crime series. On the surface she seems to live a good life with her wife Nira and teenage son, Mateo. But there is so much left unsaid. It's not until Infamous' last episode…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dayspring

  Oliveira, Anthony

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  In Dayspring, Anthony Oliveira brings to vibrant, glorious life the gospel according to the disciple Christ loved--his companion in the days before the crucifixion, the only instrument that remembers with fidelity his sound. Sacred, profane, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Subtweet

  a Novel

  Shraya, Vivek, 1981-

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  A friendship between musicians implodes, along with one of their careers, after a tweet sets off a controversy.

• Cinnamon Gardens

  Selvadurai, Shyam, 1965-

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  Set in 1920s’ Ceylon, a schoolteacher struggles with family expectations while her uncle struggles with his past.

• Natural Order

  Francis, Brian, 1971-

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  86 year-old Joyce remembers her high school crush, Freddy, a flamboyant friend who met a tragic end. Later on, Joyce lets this determine how she raises her own son. Now, in a nursing home, Joyce ponders her decisions and if forgiveness will ever be…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Butter Honey Pig Bread

  a Novel

  Ekwuyasi, Francesca, 1990-

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  This is the story of twin sisters, Kehinde and Taiye, and their mother, whose respond uniquely to a tragedy that befalls Kehinde. After more than a decade of living apart, the sisters have returned home to Lagos to visit their mother and address the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jonny Appleseed

  a Novel

  Whitehead, Joshua (Writer)

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  A Two-Spirit Indigiqueer young man and proud NDN glitter princess who must reckon with his past when he returns home to his reserve.

• Moving Forward Sideways, Like a Crab

  a Novel

  Mootoo, Shani, 1957-

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  Johnathan was only nine when his mother leaves him in Toronto. Years later he discovers his mother living well in Trinidad, as an elegant man named Sydney. Johnathan struggles as his own life and career stall while he works to understand Sydney's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Frog Music

  a Novel

  Donoghue, Emma, 1969-

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  1876 San Francisco a young woman is shot dead in a saloon. Her friend, a burlesque dancer, risks everything to find out who did it.

• The Western Alienation Merit Badge

  a Novel

  Cullen, Nancy Jo

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  Set in 1982 Calgary, this novel follows the Murray family as they struggle with grief and find themselves on the brink of financial ruin.

• What We All Long for

  a Novel

  Brand, Dionne, 1953-

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  This novel follows the overlapping stories of a close circle of second-generation twenty-somethings living in downtown Toronto. The four characters try to make a life for themselves in the city, supporting one another through their family struggles.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fall on Your Knees

  MacDonald, Ann-Marie, 1958-

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  This story takes us from haunted Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, through the battle fields of World War One, to the emerging jazz scene of New York City and into the lives of four unforgettable sisters.