A Jest of God
By: Margaret Atwood , Margaret Laurence
3.80
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
In this celebrated novel, Margaret Laurence writes with grace, power, and deep compassion about Rac…
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1. A Far Cry from Kensington
By: Muriel Spark
3.83
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
Set on the crazier fringes of 1950s literary London, A Far Cry from Kensington is a delight, hilari… read more
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"I offer this advice without fee; it is included in the price of this book."-Muriel Spark, A Far Cry from Kensington
"It is not because we are rats that we tend to abandon people who are down, it is because we are embarrassed."-Muriel Spark, A Far Cry from Kensington
"You can lie awake at night and think; the quality of insomnia depends entirely on what you decide to think of. Can you decide to think? - Yes, you can."-Muriel Spark, A Far Cry from Kensington
"Milly's narrative skill was considerable... she brought a scene to life by a chance descriptive detail in the right place and by that graphic and right placing of words which most of the Irish excel …"-Muriel Spark, A Far Cry from Kensington
2. Medicine Walk
By: Richard Wagamese
4.30
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
Franklin Starlight is called to visit his father, Eldon. He's sixteen years old and has had the mos… read more
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- literary fiction
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- canadian literature
- canada
"There was a feeling in him like waiting for a punishment."-Richard Wagamese, Medicine Walk
"She's a tale spinner," he said. "She spins 'em right outta the air. Tells 'em whole so's you'd think yer readin' a book."-Richard Wagamese, Medicine Walk
"There was a feeling in him like a bruise, a purple ache that set between his ribs. He tasted a cry building at the back of his throat. It was too familiar and made him fearful."-Richard Wagamese, Medicine Walk
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4. Angel
By: Hilary Mantel , Elizabeth Taylor
3.76
Format: 6 pages, Paperback
Writing stories that are extravagant and fanciful, fifteen-year old Angel retreats to a world of ro… read more
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5. A Jest of God
By: Margaret Atwood , Margaret Laurence
3.80
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
In this celebrated novel, Margaret Laurence writes with grace, power, and deep compassion about Rac… read more
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7. The Double Hook
By: Sheila Watson , F.T. Flahiff
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
In spare, allusive prose, Sheila Watson charts the destiny of a small, tightly knit community nestl… read more
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8. A Pair of Blue Eyes
By: Thomas Hardy , Tim Dolin , Alan Manford
3.17
Format: 55 pages, Paperback
Elfride Swancourt is the daughter of the Rector of Endelstow, a remote sea-swept parish in Corwall … read more
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9. London Belongs to Me
By: Ed Glinert , Norman Collins
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
Also known as Dulcimer Street, Norman Collins's London Belongs to Meis a Dickensian romp through wo… read more
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10. Loitering with Intent
By: Muriel Spark
3.17
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
"How wonderful to be an artist and a woman in the twentieth century," Fleur Talbot rejoices. Happil… read more
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11. The Sacrifice
By: Anne Michaels , Adele Wiseman
4.50
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
The Sacrificeis a haunting depiction of one family and its often tragic attempts to come to terms w… read more
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12. The Wars
By: Timothy Findley
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Robert Ross, a sensitive nineteen-year-old Canadian officer, went to war - the War to End All Wars.… read more
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13. Lives of Girls and Women
By: Alice Munro
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
The only novel from Alice Munro -- award-winning author of The Love of a Good Woman-- is an insight… read more
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14. The Cat's Table
By: Michael Ondaatje
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding story - by turns poignant and electrifying - about the magical, often forbidden, dis… read more
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15. Her Son's Wife
By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
4.25
Format: None pages,
Lottie, cheaply dressed and cheaply perfumes, shatters Mary Bascomb's life, undermining not only th… read more
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16. The Greengage Summer
By: Rumer Godden
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
The faded elegance of Les Oeillets, with its bullet-scarred staircase and serene garden bounded by … read more
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17. The Road to the City
By: Natalia Ginzburg
3.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
Delia is one of five children, growing up in a poor Italian village. She is seventeen, and dreams o… read more
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18. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
By: Elizabeth Strout
4.46
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more
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"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
19. The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives
By: Nancy Pearl
3.78
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Introduction by Susan Orlean Twenty-three of today's living literary legends, including Donna Ta… read more
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20. Sleeping Giants
By: Rene Denfeld
4.03
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Child Finder and The Enchanted, a compelling and poignant story … read more
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