Search Results: Returned 9 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 9
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1998., Warner Books Call No: BLK Fic Hop Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A fantasy novel of urban decay whose heroine turns to Afro-Caribbean magic to help a boyfriend escape gangs. The gangs are enforcing a contract to produce a human heart for transplant, even if the boyfriend has to kill for it. The setting is a futuristic Toronto.
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2023., Adult, On Point Press Call No: NEW BLK 364.152 W630c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In the autumnal darkness of October 6, 1894, an unseen figure slipped through the streets of Parkdale, rang the doorbell at the home of a well-to-do Toronto family, and shot Frank Westwood in his doorway, murdering him in cold blood. Six weeks later, the spotlight shone on the enigmatic Clara Ford, a Black tailor and single mother known for her impeccable work ethic and resolute personality - and for wearing men's attire. A former neighbor of the Westwoods, Clara was arrested and confessed to the murder. But as the details of her arrest and her complex connection to the Westwood family emerged, she recanted, testifying that she was coerced by police into a false confession. Clara was the first woman - and only the second person - to testify on her own behalf in a Canadian trial. Set in three acts, this story illuminates not only the riveting case itself but also the societal attitudes, gender and race hypocrisy, and the politics of media power in the growing city of Toronto. Carolyn Whitzman tells the compelling story of a courageous Black woman living in nineteenth-century Toronto and paints a portrait of a city and a society that have not changed enough in 125 years.
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-- Last tracks of the underground railroad.2007., Anchor Books Call No: BLK 973.7 T629f Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: From the Publisher: From Midnight to Dawn presents compelling portraits of the men and women who established the Underground Railroad and traveled it to find new lives in Canada. Evoking the turmoil and controversies of the time, Tobin illuminates the historic events that forever connected American and Canadian history by giving us the true stories behind well-known figures such as Harriet Tubman and John Brown. She also profiles lesser-known but equally heroic figures such as Mary Ann Shadd, who became the first black female newspaper editor in North America, and Osborne Perry Anderson, the only black survivor of the fighting at Harpers Ferry. An extraordinary examination of a part of American history, From Midnight to Dawn will captivate readers with its tales of hope, courage, and a people's determination to live equally under the law.
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2017., Adult, ECW Press. Call No: BLK Bio J75i Edition: hardback. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: B. Denham Jolly, who successfully launched the first entirely Black-owned Canadian radio station, presents his autobiography.
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2007., Arsenal Pulp Press Call No: BLK Fic Cha Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A soucouyant is an evil spirit in Caribbean folklore, and a symbol here of the distant and dimly remembered legacies that continue to haunt the Americas. This first novel set in Ontario, in a house near the Scarborough Bluffs, focuses on a Canadian-born son who despairingly abandons his Caribbean-born mother suffering from dementia." "The son returns after two years to confront his mother but also a young woman who now mysteriously occupies the house. In his desire to atone for his past and live anew, he is compelled to imagine his mother's life before it all slips into darkness - her arrival in Canada during the early sixties, her childhood in Trinidad during World War II, and her lurking secret that each have tried to forget."--BOOK JACKET.
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2008., Vintage Canada Call No: BLK Fic Bra Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Award-winnig writer Dionne Brand powerfullydelves into uncharted aspects of urban life, the bittersweetness of youth and the secrets families try to hide. tuyen, an aspiring artist whose family arrived from Vietnam in the 1970s, rejects her immigrant family's hard-won suburban Toronto comforts. Instead, she lives in a rundown apartment on College Street that she shares with her friends - each of whom is grappling with familial complexities and heartache. Tuyen's parents arer still haunted by the loss of their son Quy, who disappeared in the chaos of fleeing Vietnam. Now, unbeknownst to his long-lost family, Quy has become a criminal in the Thai underworld - and he's coming to Toronto. Amid the dynamic rhythms of the city, the tension surrounding Quy's arrival mounts, and leads to a violent, unexpected encouter that will alter forever the lives of Tuyen and her friends.
