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While on a business trip in Calgary, Cecilia’s husband, Colin, falls suddenly and seriously ill. With Colin in the hospital in a fevered sleep, Cecilia feels stunned and disconnected, and she finds...
A woman recounts her childhood growing up with four sisters, little money, and parents who fought constantly until her father finally left. Even as adults, the sisters do not know how to cope with harmony,...
Though happy in her current marriage, a woman remains unable to truly move past her first marriage—feeling constantly like she is living a double life: one internal and one external. Her struggles...
On a very dark night, Janet attends a party with her friends Livie and Nathan, where she meets Baker and begins a relationship with him. It is not until much later that Janet begins to unravel his nice-guy...
After winning a literary prize, George Barrett is pulled from obscurity and into the spotlight. When the attention impedes his ability to write, George buys an old house that once belonged to a writer...
After her marriage deteriorates, Joan’s life also seems to be falling apart. Irked by living in the suburbs—far from downtown and alone in a neighbourhood of families—Joan moves into a room in...
Charlotte’s life is in disarray after her fifteen-year-old daughter moves in with her deadbeat, squatter boyfriend. Charlotte’s husband stops going to work, and instead spends his days watching...
With his farm suffering due to drought, his wife incapacitated by depression after a miscarriage, and the house—which seems to be haunted—likely to be foreclosed, Gabriel cannot keep up with all...
As a child, Charlotte spent her summers with her cousins in a house that was the polar opposite of her own. Where her household was organized and ran according to schedule, her cousins lived in a state...
Dinner On The Edge Of The City
Driving across the city to have dinner with old friends, Marion finds herself suddenly reminded of an experience she had long forgotten. As the night progresses, the memories surface one after another,...
Ginny spends her days caring for her mother, Emmaline, and her mother-in-law, Babette, both of whom are elderly and ailing. Though she feels guilty about it, Ginny often finds herself slipping into...
When her father-in-law dies, Carol prepares to go through the process of grieving with her husband. What she does not expect is to become entrenched in memories of her own father and their distant relationship,...
A woman examines a box of her mother’s personal photos that has been sitting unopened in her basement since her mother’s death. Now, as she discovers images once meaningful to her mother, she begins...
Though Jeanne hasn’t seen or spoken to her ex-husband in years, learning of his death brings up memories of their past. Jeanne remembers the happiness of their early days together and how alive they...
Dr. Mowbray no longer feels that he is a healer, but instead believes that he carries death with him. Mr. Baker, dying in the hospital, dreams of being surrounded by the beauty of nature—a bamboo...
When Alexis and her son, Jamie, are interviewed about a play based on their lives, Alexis recalls meaningful moments throughout their relationship and learns that she and Jamie do not share the same...
A man from Raine’s past turns up unexpectedly nearly thirty years after she last saw him. The two recall their shared histories and are forced to examine the impact their long-ago actions have had...
Despite her many other responsibilities, Christine agrees to teach a night class during the winter, leaving her daughter and special-needs son in their grandmother’s care. Over the course of the semester,...
When her daughter gets divorced, Beth is forcibly reminded of her own first marriage and the emotional abuse her husband inflicted on her. Both Beth’s own experiences and the other situations she...
A woman recounts her experience of being raped twenty-five years ago and explores the event’s profound influence on her life. She examines her feelings of helpless acceptance, self-blame, and denial,...
Working as a teacher in a small, remote town dominated by religion, Astrid finds herself caught in the middle of a debate about the church’s prediction that the world will end in a week. Defending...
When the book jury that Jenna is a member of makes a controversial decision, neither she nor her fellow jurors are prepared for the backlash. While travelling to Toronto to visit friends and publicize...
Louisa can’t stop thinking about Pat, who has finally broken under the pressure of her husband’s abuse. Reminded of another young woman, Stephanie, and the way her husband hovers around her as if...
A woman meets up with her ex-husband, Lawrence, days before he leaves for Africa. He has said seemingly final goodbyes to his parents, has had no relationships in years, and will be leaving for the...