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  • Fits Like a Rubber Dress
    Author:

    Ward, Roxane

    Summary:

    What does it take to squeeze into a second skin you think you want? And when you find you can't breathe, who's going to help you peel it off?

    Genre: Humorous fiction

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  • The Fat Princess
    Author:

    Girard, Mario

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    Ouriou, Susan

    Summary:

    A hilarious fairytale for adults facing a complicated world.

    Genre: Myths and folk tales, Humorous fiction

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  • The Restoration of Emily
    Author:

    Moritsugu, Kim

    Summary:

    Architect and single mother Emily Harada has structured a well-ordered existence around her work restoring historic houses and the parenting of her teenage son, Jesse.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Humorous fiction

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  • The Unexpected and Fictional Career Change of Jim Kearns
    Author:

    Munroe, David

    Summary:

    Jim Kearns, a career manual labourer, struggles to overcome stifling cynicism brought on by missed opportunities and mid-life discord - then he loses his job for punching out a Hollywood action sta

    Genre: Humorous fiction

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  • The Ladies Foursome
    Author:

    Foster, Norm

    Summary:

    The day after their friend Cathy’s funeral, Margot, Tate, and Connie gather for a round of golf in honour of their recently departed fourth.

    Genre: Canadian drama, Humorous fiction

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  • My Chernobyl
    Author:

    Bushkowsky, Aaron

    Summary:

    While there, he meets his long-lost cousin, a beautiful, young Russian woman, who sets her sights on her wealthy relative as a ticket out of the radiation-blasted country.

    Genre: Canadian drama, Humorous fiction, Romance fiction

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  • Lenin's Embalmers
    Author:

    Thiessen, Vern

    Summary:

    When Boris Zbarsky and Vladimir Vorobiev, two Jewish biochemists, are recruited by Josef Stalin to embalm Lenin after his death, both men are pushed to their limits in preserving the former Soviet

    Genre: Canadian drama, Humorous fiction

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  • Sinners
    Author:

    Foster, Norm

    Summary:

    A furniture store owner is having an affair with the local minister's wife. The situation becomes complicated when the minister comes home unexpectedly.

    Genre: Canadian drama, Humorous fiction

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  • Proud
    Author:

    Healey, Michael

    Summary:

    Shortly after the Conservatives win a majority government in the 2011 federal election, the prime minister discovers a secret weapon in his caucus—Jisbella Lyth, a single mother with a limited unde

    Genre: Canadian drama, Humorous fiction, Political fiction

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  • Five @ Fifty
    Author:

    Fraser, Brad

    Summary:

    When Olivia loses control at her fiftieth birthday party, her four best friends decide to intervene once and for all, much to the irritation of Olivia and her lover, Norma.

    Genre: Canadian drama, Humorous fiction

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  • Penny Plain
    Author:

    Burkett, Ronnie

    Summary:

    Humanity is facing extinction, and Penny Plain, elderly and blind, can only sit and wait for the end.

    Genre: Canadian drama, Epic fiction, Humorous fiction

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  • Punch Up
    Author:

    Sandler, Kat

    Summary:

    Duncan has always been a pretty boring guy, leading a simple life while working at a bread factory. Then he stumbles upon Brenda, a sad young woman who’s about to end her life.

    Genre: Canadian drama, Humorous fiction, Romance fiction

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  • I Have AIDS
    Author:

    Gilbert, Sky

    Summary:

    Following Prodon through the five stages of acceptance—Denial, Partying, Loss of Control, Religious Conversion, and Acceptance—the play pops in and out of monologues with Prodon and into scenes wit

    Genre: Canadian drama, Humorous fiction

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  • The Good Egg
    Author:

    MacLennan, Michael Lewis

    ,

    Strilchuk, Amy Lynn

    Summary:

    They're the ultimate downtown couple—attractive, smart, and successful. They have everything they could ever want. Except a child.

    Genre: Canadian drama, Humorous fiction

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  • Never Swim Alone & This Is A Play 2nd Edition
    Author:

    MacIovr, Daniel

    Summary:

    A funny, satirical story, Never Swim Alone is about Frank and Bill, two egotisitical men locked in a ruthless competition of one-upmanship for seemingly no reason.

    Genre: Canadian drama, Humorous fiction

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