Books set in Canada (186)


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101.

Motherhood : A Novel by Sheila Heti EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Description:
What is gained and what is lost when a woman becomes a mother? In her late thirties, a woman questions whether she will do so at all. She the influence of her peers, partner, and her duties to her family; she struggles to make a wise and moral choice. After seeking guidance from philosophy, her body, mysticism, and chance, she discovers her answer much closer to home. -- adapted from jacket.

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My Conversations with Canadians by Lee Maracle EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
Finalist for the 2018 Toronto Book Award My Conversations With Canadians is the book that "Canada 150" needs. On her first book tour at the age of 26, Lee Maracle was asked a question from the audience, one she couldn't possibly answer at that moment. But she has been thinking about it ever since. As time has passed, she has been asked countless similar questions, all of them too big to answer, but not too large to contemplate. These questions, which touch upon subjects such as citizenship, segregation, labour, law, prejudice and reconciliation (to name a few), are the heart of My Conversation... continue

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Noopiming : The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
"Noopiming is Anishinaabemowin for "in the bush," and the title is a response to English Canadian settler and author Susanna Moodie's 1852 memoir Roughing It in the Bush. Set in the same place as Moodie's colonial memoir, this genre-fluid novel is offered as a cure for Moodie's racist treatment of Mississauga Nishnaabeg in her writing. The giant Sabe meditates on the gifts and challenges of their recent sobriety. Migrating geese make a case for coordinated formation as a way to get out of "one's own cycling head." Racoons turn Bougie Kwe's Zen-garden pond into their personal urban spa. This is... continue

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Once Upon an Eid editor S. K. Ali, Aisha Saeed - editors EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
A joyous short story collection by and about Muslims, edited by New York Times bestselling author Aisha Saeed and Morris finalist S. K. Ali Once Upon an Eid is a collection of short stories that showcases the most brilliant Muslim voices writing today, all about the most joyful holiday of the year: Eid Eid The short, single-syllable word conjures up a variety of feelings and memories for Muslims. Maybe it's waking up to the sound of frying samosas or the comfort of bean pie, maybe it's the pleasure of putting on a new outfit for Eid prayers, or maybe it's the gift giving and holiday parties to... continue

105.

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood EN

Rating: 5 (3 votes)
Description:
A novel of the future explores a world that has been devastated by ecological and scientific disasters.

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Our Island Story by H. E. Marshall EN

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Country: Europe / Scotland flag Scotland
Description:
Presents a history of England, Scotland, and the collective British Empire, which includes areas of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and India; and begins with the stories of Albion and Brutus and ends with the life of Queen Victoria.

107.

Pearly Everlasting by Tammy Armstrong EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Description:
Set during the Great Depression, an immersive and enchantingly atmospheric novel about a girl and a bear raised as sister and brother in a remote logging camp, and the lengths to which they'll go to protect each other. New Brunswick, 1934. When a cook in a logging camp finds an orphaned baby bear, he brings it home to his wife, who names the cub Bruno and raises him alongside her newborn daughter, Pearly. Growing up, Pearly and Bruno share a special bond and become inseparable. While life in the camp can be perilous--loggers are regularly injured or even killed--the Everlasting family form a c... continue

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Pemmican Wars

Pemmican Wars by Katherena Vermette EN

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Description:
A time-traveling adventure starring a young Métis girl.

109.

Probably Ruby : A Novel by Lisa Bird-Wilson EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Description:
An Indigenous woman adopted by white parents goes in search of her identity in this unforgettable debut novel about family, race, and history. “Engaging . . . Ruby never disappoints with her big heart and outrageous sense of humor—and her resilient search for her own history.”—The New York Times Book Review “A passionate exploration of identity and belonging and a celebration of our universal desire to love and be loved.”—Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the Dreamers This is the story of a woman in search of herself, in every sense. When we first meet Ruby, a Métis woman in her thirties, her life... continue

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Pure Colour : A Novel by Sheila Heti EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
"A short epic novel about art, grief, and love by Sheila Heti, the author of Motherhood and How Should A Person Be?"--