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2016., Amazon Call No: QWF Fic Red Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Grown up in the Great Depression wasn't always easy, especially when a small town scandal uprooted Kate's family to Northern Ontario. When her brother, Harry, decides he's had enough of their alcoholic father and moves to Quebec, Kate is left without his guidance and support. Unaware of her own vulnerability, Kate catches the eye of the ever so handsome, Jacob, who quickly steals her heart, filling the empty spot she's had for years. WWII hits Kate hard when family and friends enlist, but nothing in comparison to how the man who was once a dream come true for her, has slowly become her worst nightmare. Just as she begins to accept her fate, a forbidden romance brings her the only hope for survival, and Kate must find her own strength to fight for the life she wants and deserves. Inspired by a dark family secret passed down through generations, hold on, is a story of love, passion, and terrible struggles. .
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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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[2012], c2011., Atlantic Monthly Press Call No: Fic Ita Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Bin Okuma, a celebrated visual artist, has recently and quite suddenly lost his wife, Lena. He and his son Greg are left to deal with the shock. But Greg has returned to his studies on the east coast, and Bin finds himself alone. His deep grief draws him into memories he has avoided for much of his life: the uprooting of his Japanese Canadian family from the west coast of British Columbia during the Second World War. Now, he sets out to drive across the country, to revisit the places that have shaped him, to find his First Father who has been lost to him. Years ago, his father made a fateful decision that severed the bonds of his family. Running from grief, Bin must ask himself whether he really wants to find his father or whether his bitterness will separate them forever.Requiem is a stunning and graceful novel, a story of family secrets, racial strife, birth and death, and the saving grace of art.
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c2008., McArthur & Company Call No: Fic Nic Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: This is a tense, gripping novel about forbidden love. Set in Paris and Canada in the winter of 1946. While playing in the woods, children discover a severed finger and soon the corpse of a man who is the victim of a terrible crime. The murder connects the past: it's linked with the fate of the young Frenchwoman Adele who, during the war, fell in love with a German soldier and was branded a collaborator. In Canada, she hopes to forget her dark secret. But then the past rears its head - with a deadly consequence.
