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• The Field

  Lapp, Dave, 1965-

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  Dave Lapp's new memoir unpacks a long, hazy 1970s summer and reveals that when we look beyond nostalgia, childhood is complicated — and rarely innocent.

• Roaming

  Tamaki, Jillian, 1980-

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  Three young Canadian friends navigate the shifting dynamics of their relationships during a spring break trip to New York City, exploring themes of identity and burgeoning adulthood.

• Degrees of Separation

  a Decade North of 60

  McCreesh, Alison,

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  At age 21, Alison hitchhiked to the Yukon and spent the summer living in a tent. 10 years later, in the deep of winter and seven months pregnant, she returns. Degrees of Separation is about what happened in between.

• Are You Willing to Die for the Cause?

  Revolution in 1960s Quebec

  Oliveros, Chris,

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  Quebec-born cartoonist Chris Oliveros sets out to dispel common misconceptions about the birth and early years of a movement that, while now defunct, still holds a tight grip on the hearts and minds of Quebec citizenry and Canadian politics.

• Paying the Land

  Sacco, Joe

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  Graphic journalist Joe Sacco depicts the struggle of the Dene, an Indigenous people in Canada's Northwest Territories, as they navigate the devastating effects of colonialism, the legacy of residential schools, and the complex choices presented by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Denison Avenue

  a Novel

  Wong, Christina (Christina M.),

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  A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese Canadian elders.

• Essex County

  Collected

  Lemire, Jeff

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  Presents the award-winning trilogy of graphic novels set in an imaginary version of the author's hometown, and reveals the problems and issues the families within the community face.

• Greenwood

  Christie, Michael, 1976-

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  A propulsive, multigenerational family story, in which the unexpected legacies of a remote island off the coast of British Columbia will link the fates of five people over a hundred years.

• Hotline

  a Novel

  Nasrallah, Dimitri, 1978-

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  It's 1986, and Muna Heddad is in a bind. She and her son have moved to Montreal, leaving behind a civil war filled with bad memories in Lebanon. She had plans to find work as a French teacher, but no one in Quebec trusts her to teach the language.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Guest in the House

  Carroll, Emily,

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  A young, lonely woman named Abby marries a recently widowed dentist and becomes obsessed with the mysterious circumstances of his first wife's death, leading to a psychological spiral complicated by her own past trauma.