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With a poetic eye and a gift for storytelling, Crummey vividly depicts the stark Newfoundland backcountry. He shows the agonies of the men toiling towards the caribou slaughtering yards of the Beothuk; of coming upon the terrible beauty of Red Indian Lake, its frozen valley lit up by the sunset like “a cathedral lit with candles”; then retreating through rotten ice that slices at clothing and skin as they flee the disaster.

In one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of the twentieth century, Isabel Allende weaves a luminous tapestry of three generations of the Trueba family, revealing both triumphs and tragedies. Here is patriarch Esteban, whose wild desires and political machinations are tempered only by his love for his ethereal wife, Clara, a woman touched by an otherworldly hand.

This is a novel based on the short story written by Choy as a for a Creative Writing class taught by Carol Shields. Three children living in Vancouver's Chinatown tell three different versions of the same events.

"“Its an immense night out there, wheeling and windy. The lights on the street and in the houses against the black wetness, little unilluminating glints that might be painted on it. The town seems huddled together, cowering on a high tiny perch, afraid to move lest it topple into the wind.” The town is Horizon, the setting of Sinclair Ross brilliant classic study of life in the Depression era. Hailed by critics as one of Canadas great novels, As For Me and My House takes the form of a journal.

Jodie Harland and Bethan Keane had little in common before the plight of a homeless dog brought them together, but from that day on the two young girls were bound together as best friends. As different as night and day in personality and interests, their friendship grows strong through shared joys, trials, and, finally, a devastating loss faced together.

After the loss of her first love, is Ingeborg Strand willing to marry a stranger--however kind--for the promise of a new life in America?

Presents the emotionally affecting tale of a young woman, Grania, who flees heartbreak in New York for her family home on the coast of Ireland. Wandering along a cliff edge in the middle of a storm, Grania meets Aurora, a girl fated to profoundly change Grania's life.

A whirlwind romance--and a leap of faith--has made Mallory Hale a mother and a rancher's wife in small-town Texas. Can she survive the wild adventure?

Eloise Hamilton is a Londoner born and bred, so it is a momentous day when she reluctantly agrees to uproot to Dartmouth, leaving behind her perfect world so her husband can finally live in his.

When Sierra discovers her young ancestor's handcrafted quilt and reads her journal, she finds that their lives are very similar. By following her ancestor's example, she learns to surrender to God's sovereignty and unconditional love.