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2020., Adelaide Books Call No: QWF Fic Sar Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: BOOK BIN BABY is about a man whose mother was so caught up in mundane matters that she disposed of him as a baby at birth in the book bin of a library. There he is nurtured by library members, who find the library is attracting new members because of their young residents. As he grows to manhood, he adopts as his world view the notion that a moral society is based on books, which are never wrong. The novel has a comic and political undercurrent, exploring why people in power think the way they do.
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2021., Adult, Esplanade Books Call No: QWF BLK Fic Eva Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In this sweeping, allusive novel, the celebrated poet, dervish, and oral storyteller Tawhida Tanya Evanson comes to terms with what it means to stand on one's own two feet in an uncertain world. The acclaimed Antiguan-Canadian artist traces a global journey from Vancouver to the United States, Caribbean, Paris, and Morocco. As a relationship with her lover and travel partner disintegrates, she finds herself on a path toward personal discovery and spiritual fulfillment that leads her deep into the North African landscape.
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1994., Adult, Orion Call No: Fic Bin Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Kit grows up without the mother she has loved, determined to make something of her life and take control of her own future.
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2012., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Call No: Fic Dag Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Twenty-four-year-old college dropout Calvin Moretti moves back home with his parents and two siblings and is forced to deal with their problems, which include his father's cancer and his sister's pregnancy, as well as his own.