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Tilly and the Crazy Eights

by Monique Gray Smith ...

Narrated by Michelle Thrush ...

Unabridged

9 hours 24 min

Winner of the 2019–20 First Nation Communities READ Indigenous Literature AwardAn unexpected journey can be powerful medicine.When Tilly receives an invitation to help drive eight elders on their ultimate bucket list road trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow, she impulsively says yes. Before she knows it, Tilly has said goodbye to her family and is behind the wheel ... Read more

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Winner of the 2019–20 First Nation Communities READ Indigenous Literature AwardAn unexpected journey can be powerful medicine.When Tilly receives an invitation to help drive eight elders on their ultimate bucket list road trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow, she impulsively says yes. Before she knows it, Tilly has said goodbye to her family and is behind the wheel
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A Generous Spirit

Selected Work by Beth Brant

by Deborah Miranda ...

Narrated by Michelle Thrush ...

Unabridged

8 hours 40 min

A Generous Spirit: Selected Work by Beth Brant collects the writing of Beth Brant, Mohawk lesbian poet, essayist, and activist. During her life, Brant’s work gave voice to an often unacknowledged Two-Spirit identity, and today, her words represent continued strength, growth, and connection in the face of deep suffering. A Generous Spirit is Brant’s portrait of survival and empathy at the ... Read more

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A Generous Spirit: Selected Work by Beth Brant collects the writing of Beth Brant, Mohawk lesbian poet, essayist, and activist. During her life, Brant’s work gave voice to an often unacknowledged Two-Spirit identity, and today, her words represent continued strength, growth, and connection in the face of deep suffering. A Generous Spirit is Brant’s portrait of survival and empathy at the
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Remembered

by Yvonne Battle-Felton ...

Narrated by Yvonne Battle-Felton ...

Unabridged

9 hours 2 min

It is 1910 and Philadelphia is burning.The last place Spring wants to be is in the run-down, colored section of a hospital surrounded by the groans of sick people and the ghost of her dead sister. But as her son Edward lays dying, she has no other choice.There are whispers that Edward drove a streetcar into a shop window. Some people think it was an accident, others claim that it was his fault, ... Read more

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It is 1910 and Philadelphia is burning.The last place Spring wants to be is in the run-down, colored section of a hospital surrounded by the groans of sick people and the ghost of her dead sister. But as her son Edward lays dying, she has no other choice.There are whispers that Edward drove a streetcar into a shop window. Some people think it was an accident, others claim that it was his fault,
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Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune

by Roselle Lim ...

Narrated by Catherine Ho ...

Unabridged

10 hours 30 min

Lush and visual, chock-full of delicious recipes, Roselle Lim’s magical debut novel is about food, heritage, and finding family in the most unexpected places.At the news of her mother’s death, Natalie Tan returns home. The two women hadn’t spoken since Natalie left in anger seven years ago, when her mother refused to support her chosen career as a chef. Natalie is shocked to discover the vibrant ... Read more

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Lush and visual, chock-full of delicious recipes, Roselle Lim’s magical debut novel is about food, heritage, and finding family in the most unexpected places.At the news of her mother’s death, Natalie Tan returns home. The two women hadn’t spoken since Natalie left in anger seven years ago, when her mother refused to support her chosen career as a chef. Natalie is shocked to discover the vibrant
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Frying Plantain

by Zalika Reid-Benta ...

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4 hours 56 min

Set in the neighbourhood of “Little Jamaica,” Frying Plantain follows a girl from elementary school to high school graduation as she navigates the tensions between mothers and daughters, second-generation immigrants experiencing first-generation cultural expectations, and Black identity in a predominantly white society.Kara Davis is a girl caught in the middle — of her North American identity and ... Read more

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Set in the neighbourhood of “Little Jamaica,” Frying Plantain follows a girl from elementary school to high school graduation as she navigates the tensions between mothers and daughters, second-generation immigrants experiencing first-generation cultural expectations, and Black identity in a predominantly white society.Kara Davis is a girl caught in the middle — of her North American identity and
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The Magnificent Esme Wells

A Novel

by Adrienne Sharp ...

Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld ...

Unabridged

10 hours 35 min

From the nationally bestselling author of The True Memoirs of Little K, a deeply felt and historically detailed novel of family, loss, and love, told by an irrepressible young girl—the daughter of a two-bit gangster and a movie showgirl—growing up in golden-age Hollywood and Las Vegas in its early days.Esme Silver has always taken care of her charming ne’er-do-well father, Ike Silver, a small-time ... Read more

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From the nationally bestselling author of The True Memoirs of Little K, a deeply felt and historically detailed novel of family, loss, and love, told by an irrepressible young girl—the daughter of a two-bit gangster and a movie showgirl—growing up in golden-age Hollywood and Las Vegas in its early days.Esme Silver has always taken care of her charming ne’er-do-well father, Ike Silver, a small-time
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Girl at the Edge of Sky

by Lilian Nattel ...

Narrated by Stephanie Belding ...

Unabridged

11 hours 54 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLERGirl at the Edge of Sky is a unique, thrilling, sometimes terrifying novel based on the life and death of Lily Litvyak, a female Soviet flying ace and fighter pilot shot down behind German lines in the Second World War. From the bestselling author of Web of Angels and The River Midnight.Lily Litvyak is no one's idea of a fighter pilot: a tiny, dimpled teenager with golden curls ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERGirl at the Edge of Sky is a unique, thrilling, sometimes terrifying novel based on the life and death of Lily Litvyak, a female Soviet flying ace and fighter pilot shot down behind German lines in the Second World War. From the bestselling author of Web of Angels and The River Midnight.Lily Litvyak is no one's idea of a fighter pilot: a tiny, dimpled teenager with golden curls
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Bad Ideas

A Novel

by Missy Marston ...

Narrated by Aurora Browne ...

Unabridged

5 hours 11 min

Wildly funny and wonderfully moving, Bad Ideas is about just that — a string of bad ideas — and the absurdity of loveTrudy works nights in a linen factory, avoiding romance and sharing the care of her four-year-old niece with Trudy’s mother, Claire. Claire still pines for Trudy’s father, a St. Lawrence Seaway construction worker who left her twenty years ago. Claire believes in true love. Trudy ... Read more

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Wildly funny and wonderfully moving, Bad Ideas is about just that — a string of bad ideas — and the absurdity of loveTrudy works nights in a linen factory, avoiding romance and sharing the care of her four-year-old niece with Trudy’s mother, Claire. Claire still pines for Trudy’s father, a St. Lawrence Seaway construction worker who left her twenty years ago. Claire believes in true love. Trudy
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Summer Hours at the Robbers Library

A Novel

by Sue Halpern ...

Narrated by Josh Bloomberg, Allyson Ryan, Dara Rosenberg ...

Unabridged

10 hours 15 min

“Sometimes the best stories in the library aren’t found on its shelves; they’re walking through its doors and congregating by the reference desk. Sue Halpern knows this and mines the setting for comic and tragicomic gold.”—Marilyn Johnson, author of This Book Is Overdue! and The DeadbeatFrom journalist and author Sue Halpern comes a wry, observant look at contemporary life and its refugees. ... Read more

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“Sometimes the best stories in the library aren’t found on its shelves; they’re walking through its doors and congregating by the reference desk. Sue Halpern knows this and mines the setting for comic and tragicomic gold.”—Marilyn Johnson, author of This Book Is Overdue! and The DeadbeatFrom journalist and author Sue Halpern comes a wry, observant look at contemporary life and its refugees.
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Black Girl Unlimited

The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard

by Echo Brown ...

Narrated by Echo Brown ...

Unabridged

8 hours 29 min

This program is read by the author**"Just brilliant."—Kirkus ReviewsHeavily autobiographical and infused with magical realism, Black Girl Unlimited fearlessly explores the intersections of poverty, sexual violence, depression, racism, and sexism—all through the arc of a transcendent coming-of-age story for fans of Renee Watson's Piecing Me Together and Ibi Zoboi's American Street.**Echo Brown is a ... Read more

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This program is read by the author**"Just brilliant."—Kirkus ReviewsHeavily autobiographical and infused with magical realism, Black Girl Unlimited fearlessly explores the intersections of poverty, sexual violence, depression, racism, and sexism—all through the arc of a transcendent coming-of-age story for fans of Renee Watson's Piecing Me Together and Ibi Zoboi's American Street.**Echo Brown is a
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Dead Mom Walking

A Memoir of Miracle Cures and Other Disasters

by Rachel Matlow ...

Narrated by Rachel Matlow ...

Unabridged

9 hours 21 min

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED for the 2021 Kobo Emerging Writer PrizeSHORTLISTED for the 2021 Vine Award in Non-Fiction"A comedy for catastrophic times." —CBC"A hilarious memoir of effervescent misadventures." —Toronto Star"How am I laughing at someone's mother's cancer? How? We think we can't laugh about death, about cancer, about our mothers and their suffering . . . and we can't, but we can. ... Read more

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED for the 2021 Kobo Emerging Writer PrizeSHORTLISTED for the 2021 Vine Award in Non-Fiction"A comedy for catastrophic times." —CBC"A hilarious memoir of effervescent misadventures." —Toronto Star"How am I laughing at someone's mother's cancer? How? We think we can't laugh about death, about cancer, about our mothers and their suffering . . . and we can't, but we can.
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This Love Story Will Self-Destruct

by Leslie Cohen ...

Narrated by Karissa Vacker, Aaron Landon ...

Unabridged

10 hours 6 min

This is the classic tale of boy meets girl: Girl…goes home with someone else.Meet Eve. She’s a dreamer, a feeler, a careening well of sensitivities who can’t quite keep her feet on the ground, or steer clear of trouble. She’s a laugher, a crier, a quirky and quick-witted bleeding-heart-worrier.Meet Ben. He’s an engineer, an expert at leveling floors who likes order, structure, and straight lines. ... Read more

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This is the classic tale of boy meets girl: Girl…goes home with someone else.Meet Eve. She’s a dreamer, a feeler, a careening well of sensitivities who can’t quite keep her feet on the ground, or steer clear of trouble. She’s a laugher, a crier, a quirky and quick-witted bleeding-heart-worrier.Meet Ben. He’s an engineer, an expert at leveling floors who likes order, structure, and straight lines.
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