Clara at the Door with a Revolver: The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder that Shocked Toronto
By: Carolyn Whitzman
3.86
Format: 336 pages, ebook
The story of bigotry, passion, and cold-blooded murder that centers on one of Canada’s most controv…
Want to Read $ 13.96"The National Council of Women in Canada was appalled by these judicial attitudes. It pointed out, before and after the Seduction Act, that "false charges of this kind ae of very rare occurrence." In fact, the obverse was true. It was almost impossible to get a woman to press charges of seduction or rape because her sexual background would then be put under scrutiny."-Carolyn Whitzman, Clara at the Door with a Revolver: The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder that Shocked Toronto
"The National Council of Women in Canada was appalled by these judicial attitudes. It pointed out, before and after the Seduction Act, that "false charges of this kind ae of very rare occurrence." In fact, the obverse was true. It was almost impossible to get a woman to press charges of seduction or rape because her sexual background would then be put under scrutiny."-Carolyn Whitzman, Clara at the Door with a Revolver: The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder that Shocked Toronto
"The National Council of Women in Canada was appalled by these judicial attitudes. It pointed out, before and after the Seduction Act, that "false charges of this kind ae of very rare occurrence." In fact, the obverse was true. It was almost impossible to get a woman to press charges of seduction or rape because her sexual background would then be put under scrutiny."-Carolyn Whitzman, Clara at the Door with a Revolver: The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder that Shocked Toronto
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1. By Chance Alone: A Remarkable True Story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz
By: Max Eisen
3.91
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Elie Wiesel's Night and Primo Levi's Survival in Auschwitz comes a new memoir b… read more
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2. Brown Girl in the Ring
By: Nalo Hopkinson
4.25
Format: None pages, Paperback
"She's a powerful writer with an imagination that most of us would kill for. I have read everything… read more
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3. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)
By: Waubgeshig Rice
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more
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4. Study for Obedience
By: Sarah Bernstein
3.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A haunting, compressed masterwork from an extraordinary new voice in Canadian fiction. A young w… read more
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"I try always to be good."-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
"How, I wondered, might a person, a people, take root, roots and rootlessness, the preservation of what little remains of the past, such were thoughts that blew through me on any given morning, standi…"-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
"In taking a side, I thought uneasily, perhaps I ought to take the long view, the survival of the species as a whole. That was my problem, I thought, I was always thinking at the level of the individu…"-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
"I had hoped that here in the country I would experience the turn of the seasons differently, with less apprehension, I might come to see the form and plan of the world. Not to frame it within systems…"-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
5. Learned by Heart
By: Emma Donoghue
3.51
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Eliza and Lister have never been this wide-awake in their lives, and the Slope, with its curtains d… read more
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6. The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2)
By: Chris Hadfield
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author, astronaut, and fighter pilot Chris Hadfield comes a rivetin… read more
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7. Shut Up You're Pretty
By: Téa Mutonji
3.57
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions du… read more
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"Her sadness was overwhelming. Her sadness was an illusion. She'd pretend to be fine but then wash the same dish for twenty minutes"-Téa Mutonji, Shut Up You're Pretty
8. The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . .
By: Rick Mercer
4.45
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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9. I Only Read Murder (Miranda Abbott, #1)
By: Ian Ferguson
3.28
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A once-famous TV sleuth An amateur theater production An onstage murder A town full of suspects…… read more
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10. Hotline
By: Dimitri Nasrallah
4.15
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
A vivid love letter to the 1980s and one woman’s struggle to overcome the challenges of immigration… read more
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"Here i am on my own, because of him, maybe free from a life that was turning into a prison, but cast away like a bad-luck omen too. Now I must give myself to others to survive. The world has judged t…"-Dimitri Nasrallah, Hotline
11. The Fake
By: Zoe Whittall
3.44
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A con artist can make you feel like the luckiest person on earth just to be in their presence. But … read more
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"There are worse things than telling a lie."-Zoe Whittall, The Fake
12. Snow Road Station
By: Elizabeth Hay
3.77
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
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13. I Will Ruin You
By: Linwood Barclay
3.98
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
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14. The Bittlemores
By: Jann Arden
3.87
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
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15. Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.
By: Robert Hardman
3.92
Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition
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16. The Sleeping Car Porter
By: Suzette Mayr
3.46
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
When a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend with the p… read more
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17. On the Ravine
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4.03
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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18. All the Colour in the World
By: C.S. Richardson
3.74
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19. Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1)
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3.71
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
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20. A New Season
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3.65
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
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21. Denison Avenue
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4.17
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
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22. The Story of Us
By: Catherine Hernandez
4.19
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
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23. We Meant Well
By: Erum Shazia Hasan
4.05
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
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24. Behind You
By: Catherine Hernandez
4.04
Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition
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25. Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past
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4.31
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
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26. In the Upper Country
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3.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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27. The Double Life of Benson Yu
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3.54
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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28. A History of My Brief Body
By: Billy-Ray Belcourt
4.20
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"I'm as lonely and as brief as a country."-Billy-Ray Belcourt, A History of My Brief Body
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29. Mystery in the Title (Miranda Abbott Mystery, #2)
By: Ian Ferguson
3.39
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
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30. Nothing but the Night: Leopold & Loeb and the Truth Behind the Murder That Rocked 1920s America
By: Greg King
3.82
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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31. Clara at the Door with a Revolver: The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder that Shocked Toronto
By: Carolyn Whitzman
3.86
Format: 336 pages, ebook
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"The National Council of Women in Canada was appalled by these judicial attitudes. It pointed out, before and after the Seduction Act, that "false charges of this kind ae of very rare occurrence." In …"-Carolyn Whitzman, Clara at the Door with a Revolver: The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder that Shocked Toronto
