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2023., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf Canada Call No: NEW Fic Cru Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In an isolated outport on Newfoundland's northern coastline, Abe Strapp is about to marry the daughter of a rival merchant to cement his hold on the shore when the Widow Caines arrives to throw the wedding and Abe's plans into chaos. That ruthless act of sabotage is the opening salvo in a battle between the man and woman who own Mockbeggar's largest mercantile firms, each fighting for the scarce resources of the north Atlantic fishery, each seeking a measure of revenge on the person they despise most in the world. As their unshakeable animosity spirals further each year into vendettas and violence, the community is increasingly divided and even the innocents in Mockbeggar find themselves forced to take sides, with devastating consequences.
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c2010., Adult, Pedlar Press Call No: Fic Pow Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Blood Relatives tells the story of Charlie, a down-on-his-luck thirty-one year old office cleaner, whose life, since the death of his father, is out of control. Darkly comic in intent, at times hilarious, at other times unnerving, Blood Relatives creates an utterly believable fictional world that turns the conventions of the coming-of-age novel inside out."--Publisher.
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2009., Killick Press Call No: 813 C964c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Without readers and writers, newspapers could not survive. Recently, The Telegram and Creative Book Publishing embarked on a special project meant to inspire word-lovers across the province - The Cuffer Prize. Intended as a salute to the best in locally crafted short fiction, The Cuffer Prize was launched in March 2008 and attracted nearly 200 entries from across the province. The Cuffer Anthology contains the best of those entries. This is a collection of stories to be savoured and remembered. Readers will thrill at the writing talent that abounds in Newfoundland and Labrador. At the same time, they will be contributing to a wonderful cause: a portion of the proceeds from this book have been earmarked for Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador.".
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c2010., Adult, Hamish Hamilton Canada Call No: Fic Win Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "In her home on Empire Avenue, Donna Whalen was stabbed 31 times. Her friends, family, and neighbours believed it was her abusive boyfriend, Sheldon Troke. But the evidence is all circumstantial, providing a daunting challenge for police and prosecutors-and the course of justice takes many unpredictable twists and turns before the truth is finally revealed. In this mesmerizing work of documentary fiction, Michael Winter pieces together the transcripts and court testimonies of Sheldon's trial. He preserves the nuanced voice of each witness, and the result is a harsh account of the tragedy that befell Donna Whalen and the controversial aftermath that tore her town apart."--Publisher.
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2015., Adult, Pedlar Press Call No: Fic Til Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "DUKE, Sara Tilley's second novel, is inspired by the letters and diaries of her great-grandfather, William Marmaduke Tilly, who left Newfoundland in 1905 to try to earn enough money to get his father's business out of debt. Duke works his way across the United States, up to Vancouver, along the Yukon River and finally to Alaska, where he spends eight years in the interior toiling as a logger. When Duke returns home, his father turns inexplicably cold, locking Duke and his wife and newborn child out of the house in the dead of winter and banishing him from the community. A story of family obligation, repression and passion, ill health and ill luck, DUKE builds on the real Duke Tilly's ways of expressing himself to uncover a surprisingly contemporary fictional voice with large doses of humour, beauty and keen observation."--From publisher.
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2009., Adult, House of Anansi Edition: eBook ed. Connect to this eBook title Summary Note: Helen O'Mara's life is divided between her everyday existence as mother and grandmother and her internal memories and reflections on her life with her late husband Cal who died long ago aboard the oil rig Ocean Ranger. Then Helen's wayward son John returns home asking his mother to help him decide how to deal with his girlfriend's pregnancy.
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c2011., General, Douglas & McIntyre Edition: eBook ed. Summary Note: "The haunting story of an unforgivable crime, and a seeping evil that brings two families to the brink. When Roy Trench is killed in a drunken prank gone wrong, his brother Lewis sees blood on the hands of the man responsible: the abusive alcoholic, Eli Fagan. Though the courts rule the death an accident, the event opens a seam of hate between the two families of Knife's Point, Newfoundland. Desperate to smother the painful past with love, Lewis marries Wilda, and the pleasure he takes in their two children - Melvin and Toby - recalls the happier days of his childhood with Roy. But as he watches his small family fracture, the darkness of the past begins to cloud the present, leading Lewis back to Eli Fagan - and his watchful stepson, Garrett Glass. Powerfully written, with vivid and unflinching prose, Glass Boys is a suspenseful, deeply human saga of the persistence of evil and the astonishing power of love."--Publisher.
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c2010., Adult, T. Allen Publishers Call No: Fic Wan Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "When retiree Keith O'Reilly witnesses the murder of his neighbour - an architect and "come-from-away" named Dennis Conners - by a pizza delivery man one night during a snowstorm, a unique series of stories begins to unfold. As the narrative weaves from neighbour to neighbour, house to house, family secrets and personal struggles are quietly disclosed to the reader."--Publisher.
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c2010., Adult, Thomas Allen Publishers Edition: eBook ed. Summary Note: "When retiree Keith O'Reilly witnesses the murder of his neighbour - an architect and "come-from-away" named Dennis Conners - by a pizza delivery man one night during a snowstorm, a unique series of stories begins to unfold. As the narrative weaves from neighbour to neighbour, house to house, family secrets and personal struggles are quietly disclosed to the reader."--Publisher.
![The glass harmonica : a novel [eBook]](/Library/images/~imageCT74853.JPG "The glass harmonica : a novel [eBook]")
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2016., Pottersfield Press Call No: Fic O'FL Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A crusty fisherman in his sixties, stuck in his ways, fearful of the changing world beyond the headlands, and well satisfied with the safe mediocrity of his life, has a piece of work to do on Christmas Eve that is greater than any task he has ever faced. His strength, character, and fidelity are tested, not just by the danger and labour of his calling, but by the risk of knocking on someone's door. O'Flaherty's novella-length story "The Hardest Christmas Ever" conveys his quandary with sensitivity, humour, and not a little suspense. The other six stories reflect O'Flaherty's experiences as outport boy, teacher, politician and scholar. All told, this new collection will, it is hoped, jog the brain, lift the spirit, and touch the heart of all readers."--P. [4] of cover.
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2019., Adult, Doubleday Canada Call No: Fic Cru c.2 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A brother and sister are orphaned in an isolated cove on Newfoundland's northern coastline. Their home is a stretch of rocky shore governed by the feral ocean, by a relentless pendulum of abundance and murderous scarcity. Still children with only the barest notion of the outside world, they have nothing but the family's boat and the little knowledge passed on haphazardly by their mother and father to keep them. As they fight for their own survival through years of meagre catches and storms and ravaging illness, it is their fierce loyalty to each other that motivates and sustains them. But as seasons pass and they wade deeper into the mystery of their own natures, even that loyalty will be tested. This novel is a story of hardship and survival, and an unflinching exploration of the bond between brother and sister."--Publisher.
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2019., Adult, Doubleday Canada Edition: (eBook ed.). Connect to this eBook title Summary Note: "A brother and sister are orphaned in an isolated cove on Newfoundland's northern coastline. Their home is a stretch of rocky shore governed by the feral ocean, by a relentless pendulum of abundance and murderous scarcity. Still children with only the barest notion of the outside world, they have nothing but the family's boat and the little knowledge passed on haphazardly by their mother and father to keep them. As they fight for their own survival through years of meagre catches and storms and ravaging illness, it is their fierce loyalty to each other that motivates and sustains them. But as seasons pass and they wade deeper into the mystery of their own natures, even that loyalty will be tested. This novel is a story of hardship and survival, and an unflinching exploration of the bond between brother and sister."--Publisher.
![The innocents [eBook] : a novel](/Library/images/~imageCT100626.JPG "The innocents [eBook] : a novel")
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c2013., General, Breakwater Books Call No: Fic Wil Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Maxine Carter suddenly finds herself searching for a fresh start -- a way around her own gnawing fear of an untimely death and a wasted life. What she discovers is her neighbours' nine-year-old son, Kyle. As Maxine becomes the boy's constant companion and as Kyle deals with his parents' increasing absence and with life as an outsider in a new city, he slowly manages to reinvent Maxine's real and imaginative life.
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c2013., Adult, Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Canada Call No: Fic Win Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: An emotionally resonant novel that confronts the deeply personal effects of war. Henry Hayward is a drowning man. With a soured long-term romance finally at an end, no family, and no refuge to be had in work, he progressively spends his days in the solace of alcohol and his nights with a series of interchangeable partners. In a quest to simultaneously recover from unrequited love and to find meaning in what is becoming an increasingly emotionally arid life, Henry travels to Afghanistan as an army-affiliated contractor. After a routine patrol turns fatal Henry is hounded by guilt. Upon returning home he resolves to take care of the people and places around him, but he hasn't factored in family history and social infidelity... Novel asks to whom are we beholden???.
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c2010., Pre-adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: Fic Van Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job. Armed only with a few possessions and her list of universals, Abilene jumps off the train in Manifest, Kansas, aiming to learn about the boy her father once was. Having heard stories about Manifest, Abilene is disappointed to find that it's just a dried-up, worn-out old town. But her disappointment quickly turns to excitement when she discovers a hidden cigar box full of mementos, including some old letters that mention a spy known as the Rattler. These mysterious letters send Abilene and her new friends, Lettie and Ruthanne, on an honest-to-goodness spy hunt, even though they are warned to 'Leave Well Enough Alone.' Abilene throws all caution aside when she heads down the mysterious Path to Perdition to pay a debt to the reclusive Miss Sadie, a diviner who only tells stories from the past. It seems that Manifest's history is full of colorful and shadowy characters -- and long-held secrets. The more Abilene hears, the more determined she is to learn just what role her father played in that history. And as Manifest's secrets are laid bare one by one, Abilene begins to weave her own story into the fabric of the town." --From the publisher.
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-- Right and wrong.2021., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf Canada Call No: Fic Joh Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Wade Jackson, a young man from a Newfoundland outport, wants to be a writer. In the university library in St. John’s, where he goes every day to absorb the great books of the world, he encounters the fascinating, South African-born Rachel van Hout, and soon they are lovers. Rachel is the youngest of four van Hout daughters. Her father, Hans, lived in Amsterdam during the Second World War, and says he was in the Dutch resistance. When the war ended, he emigrated to South Africa, where he met his wife, Myra, had his daughters and worked as an accounting professor at the University of Cape Town. Something happened, though, that caused him to uproot his family and move them all, unhappily, to Newfoundland.
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By Hooper, Emma2018., Adult, Hamish Hamilton Call No: Fic Hoo Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "The Connor family is one of the few that is still left in their idyllic fishing village, Big Running, Newfoundland; after the fish mysteriously disappeared, most families had no choice but to relocate and find work elsewhere. Aidan and Martha Connor now spend alternate months of the year working at an energy site up north to support their children, Cora and Finn. But soon the family fears they'll have to leave Big Running for good. And as the months go on, plagued by romantic temptations new and old, the emotional distance between the once blissful Aidan and Martha only widens. Between his accordion lessons and reading up on Big Running's local flora and fauna, eleven-year-old Finn Connor develops an obsession with solving the mystery of the missing fish. Aided by his reclusive music instructor Mrs. Callaghan, Finn thinks he may have discovered a way to find the fish, and in turn, save the only home he's ever known. While Finn schemes, his sister Cora spends her days decorating the abandoned houses in Big Running with global flair--the baker's home becomes Italy; the mailman's, Britain. But it's clear she's desperate for a bigger life beyond the shores of her small town. As the streets of Big Running continue to empty Cora takes matters--and her family's shared destinies--into her own hands."--From publisher.
