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In one daring act on a magnificently hot summer afternoon, a young girl challenges her mother, her upbringing, and her modesty, shifting from childhood into the murky world of adulthood.Finalist...

A family goes through the motions of a regular day as a single mother contemplates the undercurrents of her life while reading the morning newspaper.Finalist for the Giller Prize and winner...

During the idyllic nights of summer, locals and summer guests gather to dance out at the lake, until the night everything changes.Finalist for the Giller Prize and winner of the Saskatchewan...

What’s the inherent meaning in the objects that decorate our lives? As Joan receives a package from her father by way of her late great-aunt, we contemplate a life lived through its possessions—the...

As Patsy Flater prepares for her baptism, she uncovers a complex, ever-evolving relationship between God and the fickle expectations of youth.Finalist for the Giller Prize and winner of the...

A woman and her daughter make a trip into town to attend lunch with Queen Elizabeth II. A last-minute detour to see the local sites on the way home throws their lives into focus in ways neither of...

Finding love after divorce is never easy, and it took John ages to find Marion. But she’s holding back, and when he finds out why, the choice he makes will be the making of him as a man.Finalist...

Heather, a business woman away at a conference, runs into a past fling, Tom, and must decide whether or not she’ll open the door to her hotel room to him once again.Finalist for the Giller...

Told in micro-short instances of each man’s life, Bonnie Burnard skillfully unravels their various perspectives—from the photographer who took the picture, to a broker at the Vancouver Stock...

Casino & Other Stories is Burnard’s second collection of short stories, nominated for a Giller Prize and the winner of the Saskatchewan Best Book of the Year Award. Pulling us beneath...

Compassionate, honest and unsparing, this extraordinary novel captures the many shades of friendship and love through the story of three women who are lifetime friends. Sandra, Collen and...