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  Lorraine Motel
  Motel Lorraine

  Brigitte Pilote

  
  

  
  

  The year is 1977. Sonia, a fortune teller on the run, and her two daughters, Lou and Georgia, take refuge in Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel, which has been unoccupied since that infamous April 4, 1968, when Martin Luther King was assassinated. They [...]

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  Women at the End of Their Rope
  Femmes à bout de souffle

  Sophie Legault

  
  

  
  

  In this book, Sophie Legault reflects on the status of women in modern society who, despite their many hard-won victories over the years, seem to be struggling as much as ever. They are run down, fed up and stressed out as they juggle careers, kids [...]

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  Nine Months
  Neuf mois

  Anne Bonhomme

  
  

  
  

  Isabelle's pregnancy test comes back positive. But “positive” isn't exactly how she would describe her reaction to the news. This is the fourth time she has conceived in two years, and yet here she is, still childless. The doctors have no [...]

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  Father Hens and Gifted Children… Not!
  Pères poules et prodigieux enfants, pas vraiment !

  Pascal Lachapelle, Matthieu Turgeon

  
  

  
  

  When his son Elliott comes into the world, Matthieu realizes he is not ready for fatherhood and the life-altering changes it brings. He feels clumsy and woefully ill-equipped – and wishes ardently for a learner's manual to help him cope with his new [...]

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  Duchenne's Smile
  Le Sourire de Duchenne

  Eveline Marcil-Denault

  
  

  Premier roman ! / First novel!

  
  

  Psychology student Constance Dupras works in a laboratory, dissecting joy with a scalpel. She specializes in the science of smiling and uses this knowledge to set off in search of a missing part of her personality. For the past five years, she has [...]

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  All I Needed to Tell You
  Tout ce que j'aurais voulu te dire

  Annie Loiselle

  
  

  Premier roman! / First novel!

  
  

  Elena Cohen is going to die. From the infinite sadness of her death comes the urgency to say what hasn't been said yet, those little and big secrets forced on us by the different parts we each have to play in our lifetime. With her upcoming death, [...]

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  Women Save the Economy
  Les Femmes au secours de l'économie

  Monique Jérôme-Forget

  
  

  
  

  In her essay Women Save Economy, Monique Jérôme-Forget defends the rise of women to the highest ranks of power where their potential remains largely underutilized. Women can make society more competitive, but, to do so, they need to free themselves [...]

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  Yew
  If

  Ghislaine Meunier-Tardif

  
  

  
  

  The heroine of L'écarlate (The Scarlet) and Coup de soleil (Sunburn) is back and making plans for a road trip to the West Coast of the United States. The only thing she's missing is a travel companion. She places an ad, sifts through the answers and [...]

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  Champions of Love
  Les Champions de l'amour

  Michèle Bazin

  
  

  
  

  Les champions de l'amour (Champions of Love) tells the story of Jessica, a rebellious 17-year-old who turns to the sex trade as a means of paying back the money she owes. The idea of making hundreds of dollars in a few hours – not to mention the [...]

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  Jeanne Who Failed at Childhood
  Mémoires d'une enfant manquée

  Brigitte Pilote

  
  

  Premier roman! / First novel!

  
  

  Jeanne is an uncannily articulate and mercilessly perceptive girl who refuses to be a child, the word she claims grown-ups use to “lower” their offspring instead of “raise” them. Her ambition is to become a great man like Jesus Christ or Jacques [...]

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