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(0)Genevieve Graham
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Français
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À l'été de 1755, Amélie Belliveau vit avec sa famille en Acadie entourée de la mer, des collines verdoyantes et de ses amis micmacs. Sereine.
Habitués à leur vie paisible de fermiers, les gens de la communauté croient qu'ils pourront conserver leur statut politique neutre malgré les rumeurs inquiétantes qui circulent. Mais lorsque les Acadiens refusent de prêter serment d'allégeance à la Grande-Bretagne dans sa guerre contre la France,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In the fall of 1939, Grace Baker watches her three brothers board Canadian ships headed for a faraway war. Grace stays on the home front, doing her part and tending the general store that keeps her small Nova Scotian community running. Everyone says the conflict will be over soon. Three years later, the fighting rages on and the harsh realities of war hit close to home. Telegrams and casualty lists bring devastating news while rumors swirl about...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1897, the discovery of gold in the desolate reaches of the Yukon has the world abuzz with excitement, and thousands of prospectors swarm to the north seeking riches the likes of which have never been seen before. For Liza Peterson and her family, the gold rush is a chance for them to make a fortune by moving their general store business from Vancouver to Dawson City, the only established town in the Yukon. For Constable Ben Turner, a recent recruit...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Simon & Schuster Canada edition.
Language
English
Description
"Cassie Simmons, a museum curator, is enthusiastic about solving mysteries from the past...so when a cache of whisky labeled Bailey Brothers' Best is unearthed...Cassie hopes to find the answers she's been searching for about the legendary family of bootleggers... Corporal Jeremiah Bailey...finds himself in a Belgium field hospital under the care of Adele Savard...By the war's end Jeremiah and Adele return home to Windsor, scarred by the horrors of...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
2018: At ninety-seven years old, Winnifred Ellis knows she doesn't have much time left, and it is almost a relief to realize that once she is gone, the truth about her shameful past will die with her. But when her great-grandson Jamie, the spitting image of her dear late husband, asks about his family tree, Winnifred can't lie any longer, even if it means breaking a promise she made so long ago... 1936: Fifteen-year-old Winny has never known a real...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
Simon & Schuster Canada edition.
Language
English
Description
"Twin sisters Dot and Dash Wilson share many things, and while they are practically inseparable, they are nothing alike. Dot is fascinated by books, puzzles, and Morse code, a language taught to both girls by their father, a WWI veteran. Dash's days are filled with fixing engines, dancing with friends, and dreaming of flying airplanes. Almost always at their side is their best friend Gus-until war breaks out and he enlists in the army, deploying to...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1916, Private Daniel Baker, a soldier with Nova Scotia's 25th Battalion, meets Audrey Poulin, a lonely French artist, by chance and they fall in love. Danny is wounded in the battle of the Somme and the lovers find themselves building a new life in Halifax just as a new catastrophe threatens.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Simon & Schuster export edition.
Language
English
Description
"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. When tensions between the Irish and Jewish communities erupt in a riot one smouldering day in August, Molly and Max are caught in the middle, with devastating consequences for both their families. From the desperate streets of Toronto to the embattled shores of...
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