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[2021]., Adult, Harper Avenue, an imprint of HaperCollins Publishers Ltd Call No: Fic Jal Edition: First Canadian edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A rom-com for fans of 'You've Got Mail,' set in two competing halal restaurants. Sales are slow at Three Sisters Biryani Poutine, the only halal restaurant in the close-knit Golden Crescent neighbourhood. Hana waitresses there part time, but what she really wants is to tell stories on the radio. If she can just outshine her fellow intern at the city radio station, she may have a chance at landing a job. In the meantime, Hana pours her thoughts and dreams into a podcast, where she forms a lively relationship with one of her listeners. But soon she'll need all the support she can get: a new competing restaurant, a more upscale halal place, is about to open in the Golden Crescent, threatening Three Sisters. When her mysterious aunt and her teenage cousin arrive from India for a surprise visit, they draw Hana into a long-buried family secret. A hate-motivated attack on their neighbourhood complicates the situation further, as does Hana's growing attraction for Aydin, the young owner of the rival restaurant-- who might not be a complete stranger after all. As life on the Golden Crescent unravels, Hana must learn to use her voice, draw on the strength of her community and decide what her future should be.
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2021., Adult, Simon & Schuster Canada Call No: Fic Gra Edition: Simon & Schuster Canada edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Inspired by a little-known chapter of World War II history, a young Protestant girl and her Jewish neighbour are caught up in the terrible wave of hate sweeping the globe on the eve of war.
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c2004., HarperFlamingoCanada Call No: Fic Bez Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Mark Berman, the son of Russian Jews who fled the Riga of Brezhnev for the Toronto of the 80s, chronicles the family history over a span of 23 years as they struggle to fit into a foreign landscape.
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c2011., Adult, Doubleday Canada Call No: Fic Fra Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Joyce Sparks is faced with the impending sale of her house and an uncertain future, she sifts through her past, dusting off unsettling memories of her son, John, and the secrets about him that she has kept hidden from her husband, friends and neighbours - and even from herself. When she discovers a horrible lie about a treasured childhood friend, Joyce's carefully constructed world begins to unravel, revealing the devastating consequences of choices she made long ago..."--Publisher.
