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A Rhinestone Button

Gail Anderson-Dargatz writes lovely novels about unlovely people: unlovely people who grow beautiful under her compassionate, masterful, sly authorial gaze. After two books with unforgettable heroines, Beth Weeks of The Cure for Death by Lightning ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Womanizer: A Man of His Time

By Rick Salutin

Columnist and playwright Rick Salutin’s latest novel is a delicately balanced cautionary tale that takes a serious look at society’s ever-changing attitudes to sexuality. It’s both lively and witty, but not as light as it ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Butterflies Dance in the Dark

By Beatrice MacNeil

In this debut novel from playwright Beatrice MacNeil, little Mari-Jen Delene is raised in a strictly Catholic village in Cape Breton in the early 1950s. There she is exposed to violence, loss, and superstitions, experiences ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Song Beneath the Ice

By Joe Fiorito

Columnist Joe Fiorito, who received international acclaim for his family memoir, The Closer We Are to Dying, will probably receive further acclaim for his first novel, The Song Beneath the Ice. The novel’s roots lie ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Tracking Doctor Lonecloud: From Showman to Legend Keeper

By Ruth Holmes Whitehead

Don’t be fooled by appearances. Tracking Doctor Lonecloud is a short book, but it contains more information than most books twice its size, and much of the content isn’t documented anywhere else. The subject, Jerry ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Coastlines: The Poetry of Atlantic Canada

By Anne Compton et al., eds.

In his poem “The Squall,” P.E.I. poet Milton Acorn muses on the odd fact that rowers must face backwards, “taking direction from where they’d been,/With only quick-snatched glances at where they’re going.” It is fitting ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Thirteen Hands and Other Plays

By Carol Shields

Carol Shields claims to have been “an avid theatre-goer in the sixties and seventies,” when she was “greatly attracted to the experimental theatre of the time.” Her own plays, collected here for the first time, ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Bubble and the Bear: How Nortel Burst the Canadian Dream

By Douglas Hunter

In the wake of a tragic event – a school shooting or a car accident involving a mobile phone, say – there is a terrific swell of curiosity among members of the media and the ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Profit Is Not the Cure: A Citizen’s Guide to Saving Medicare

By Maude Barlow

Activist and author Maude Barlow is committed to saving universally accessible, publicly funded health care in Canada. The title of her new book, Profit Is Not the Cure, is an immediate tip-off as to how ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Mourner’s Dance: What We Do When People Die

By Katherine Ashenburg

Death becomes both of these authors as they attempt to address the taboos, denial, and rituals associated with this ancient and inescapable rite of passage. Katherine Ashenburg and Susan Gabori, both journalists, attempt to personalize ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

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A Rhinestone Button

The Womanizer: A Man of His Time

Butterflies Dance in the Dark

The Song Beneath the Ice

★ Tracking Doctor Lonecloud: From Showman to Legend Keeper

Coastlines: The Poetry of Atlantic Canada

Thirteen Hands and Other Plays

The Bubble and the Bear: How Nortel Burst the Canadian Dream

Profit Is Not the Cure: A Citizen’s Guide to Saving Medicare

The Mourner’s Dance: What We Do When People Die

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