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  • Everybody Just C@lm the F#ck Down

    by Robert Chafe ...
    After an unexpected night in a Regina hospital emergency room, Robert Chafe can’t shake the burning question of whether he’s Tennessee Williams or Dorothy Zbornak. Are his symptoms a harbinger of a terrifying undiagnosed condition, or is it all just in his head?Frenetic, tender, and sometimes scary, Everybody Just C@lm the F#ck Down is a stumbling folly about the aging body, mid-life anxiety, and ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Robert Chafe: Two Plays

    Butler's Marsh and Tempting Providence

    by Robert Chafe ...
    Butler's MarshThirty years ago Nora's mother disappeared into the small, dense forest of Butler's Marsh. She emerged three days later, covered in blood, badly shaken, and completely silent about what had happened. Having never been offered a suitable explanation, and now finding herself at her own moment of crisis, Nora ventures to Newfoundland for the first time to explore Butler's Marsh for ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • I Forgive You

    by Scott Jones, Robert Chafe ...
    In October 2013, Scott Jones was leaving a bar in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, when he was attacked, stabbed in the back, and left paralyzed from the waist down. In the months following his attack, Scott Jones’s story garnered international attention, not only for its brutality, but also for his uncommonly early decision to forgive his attacker. Furiously researching restorative justice practices and ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Between Breaths

    by Robert Chafe ...
    Dr. Jon Lien is a risk-taker and respected researcher, working for over twenty years in the dangerous waters off Newfoundland to rescue massive humpback whales and save the fishing gear in which they’re trapped. With his head down in freezing waters and armed only with a snorkel and knife, Lien saves the lives of over five hundred animals and earns the hard-won respect of Newfoundland’s fishermen. ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • The Colony of Unrequited Dreams

    by Robert Chafe ...
    Spanning two decades, Smallwood’s story is anchored and propelled by one of Johnston’s most memorable creations: the fictitious Sheilagh Fielding, a caustic newspaper columnist whose own battles with the past and alcohol addiction find full vent and expression in her tireless dogging of Smallwood’s climb to power. At its heart, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams is the story of a man whose career is ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Oil and Water

    by Robert Chafe ...
    In 1942 the USS Truxtun, a ship carrying over a hundred sailors, ran aground on the Burin Peninsula in Newfoundland, killing most of its men. Oil and Water is the incredible true story of the sole African American survivor of the wreck, Lanier Phillips, the first black man to be seen by some of the residents of the town of St. Lawrence. A haunting and hopeful tale of two cultures, Oil and Water is ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Two-Man Tent

    by Robert Chafe ...
    In Two-Man Tent, one of Canada’s most celebrated writers, Robert Chafe, offers his long-awaited collection of short fiction. The individual stories are thematically linked by an interwoven, recurring tale of a long-distance relationship told in the form of text messages, chat sessions, and emails, as Chafe bring his singular talent for dialogue and scripting to work within new forms of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Afterimage

    by Robert Chafe, Michael Crummey ...
    Seeing beyond Winston’s disfiguring scars and foreseeing a future with him, Lise falls in love and the couple soon marry. Years later, having inherited Lise’s gift, two of their children, Theresa and Jerome, must struggle to find their place within the community. But for Leo, their middle child, that is just the start of his worries. As he grows older and the chasm between himself and his family ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

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    Two-Man Tent

    by Robert Chafe ...
    Narrated by David Plank, Kathy Stinson ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 23 min

    In Two-Man Tent, one of Canada’s most celebrated writers, Robert Chafe, offers his long-awaited collection of short fiction. The individual stories are thematically linked by an interwoven, recurring tale of a long-distance relationship told in the form of text messages, chat sessions, and emails, as Chafe bring his singular talent for dialogue and scripting to work within new forms of ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • Galore

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  • Downhill Chance

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    "[An] almost mythical story of fractured families, wars, and homecomings" from the international bestselling author of The Fortunate Brother ( Quill & Quire).With Kit's Law, Donna Morrissey established herself as a gifted storyteller. Her chronicle of life in a remote Newfoundland outport was acclaimed by critics and embraced by readers worldwide. Downhill Chance is a captivating successor to ... Read more

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