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Prisoner of Tehran
Marina Nemat Prisoner of Tehran “Prisoner of Tehran is an extraordinary story of survival and how one woman finally found inner peace through the written word.†Entertainment Weekly “Prisoner of Tehran is a gripping personal history…important and chillingly universal…â€New York Times “Gripping, elegantly written memoir…masterly.â€The Wall Street Journal “Nemat’s story…is a memoir of faith and love, a protest against…
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Read MoreAfter Tehran
“Prisoner of Tehran, Nemat’s brilliant 2007 memoir, was at once an exquisite work of art about the burden or memory, and an astonishing story… After Tehran is Nemat’s after-story: if the first book recounts her ordeal, the second counts the cost of telling about it…an account as graceful, honest, and revelatory as her original.”Brian BethuneMaclean’s Magazine “[a]…
Read MoreDownhill Chance
“Irresistible…Masterful…The rich, rocky terrain of Newfoundland has borne a native storyteller with talent to burn in Donna Morrissey.â€Sunday Tribune, Dublin Forum Sweden 2004Aoyama Japan 2003Houghton Mifflin US 2001Heyne Germany 2001Hodder&Stoughton UK 2000Penguin Canada 1999 Downhill Chance There is no road to Rocky Head or The Basin, two tiny fishing hamlets hugging the isolated coves of…
Read MoreKit’s Law
“A Newfoundland Thomas Hardy…Morrissey’s work is a performance, an almost oral folk epic.â€The Globe and Mail “A Wuthering Heights of the craggy coast of Newfoundland, a family epic of full (and fulsome) proportions.â€The London Free Press Awards:Thomas H. RandallAtlanticAwardShortlisted/IndependentBookselllers AwardBarnes & Noble USDiscover a Great AuthorWinifred Holtby Prize UKAlex Award/ American Library Association Forum Sweden…
Read MoreSylvanus Now
“Morrissey summons energy and passion to invest this clash of the old versus the new with an epic quality — and succeeds … the writing is poised, charged and tactile, almost biblical in places.â€The Sunday Times (London) “…Breathtakingly beautiful…A splendidly unique novel.â€Alistair MacLeod “…an arresting tale, recounted in powerful, lyrical prose.â€Montreal Gazette “Absorbing human drama,…
Read MoreWhat They Wanted
What They Wanted More Reviews: “Donna Morrissey is a wonderfully gifted writer. The setting of her books is Newfoundland, but their appeal is universal. She unashamedly cares for her characters and sees them as real people with real lives worth caring and reading about. To read one of her books is to wind up laughing…
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“Donna Morrissey is an absolute terrific original.” David Adams Richards “Morrissey stands out for her descriptive powers, her wonderful turns of phrase and the inner complexities of her characters…she writes of the Newfoundland landscape with the lyricism of a poet…Sometimes a reviewer wants to tell readers everything about a book, about all the layers of complexity,…
Read MorePraise for The Deception of Livvy Higgs
Donna Morrissey grew up in the Beaches, a small fishing outport in Newfoundland. Her four previous, award-winning novels, drawing on her roots in that rich and rocky terrain, have been bestsellers in Canada and published in several languages, including German, Japanese, Swedish and Italian. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Penguin Canada Fall 2012 Praise for The…
Read MoreThe Deception of Livvy Higgs
Donna Morrissey grew up in the Beaches, a small fishing outport in Newfoundland. Her four previous, award-winning novels, drawing on her roots in that rich and rocky terrain, have been bestsellers in Canada and published in several languages, including German, Japanese, Swedish and Italian. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Penguin Canada Fall 2012 The Deception…
Read MoreThe Fortunate Brother
Donna Morrissey grew up in the Beaches, a small fishing outport in Newfoundland. Her four previous, award-winning novels, drawing on her roots in that rich and rocky terrain, have been bestsellers in Canada and published in several languages, including German, Japanese, Swedish and Italian. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. “Donna Morissey is one of our…
Read MoreThrough the Glass
Praise for Through the Glass: “A compellingdocumentation of a flawed penal system, a nuanced look at the humanity of a violent criminal, and a snapshot of the cognitive dissonance required by romantic love. Most of all, it’s a meditation on forgiveness.”– Maclean’s “A remarkable story… of love and betrayal, of a horribly broken man’s hidden brutality and his ex-wife’s boundless…
Read MoreThe Showrunner
Kim Moritsugu is the author of six previous novels: the romantic comedy Looks Perfect (shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award), the domestic comedy Old Flames, the literary mystery The Glenwood Treasure (shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Best Crime Novel Award), the domestic novel The Restoration of Emily (serialized on CBC Radio’s Between the Covers), the Rapid Reads short novel And Everything Nice, and The Oakdale Dinner…
Read MoreA Sharp Intake of Breath
“This is a tender, intimate story of courage…told with compassion and complexity.â€Elizabeth RuthAuthor of Ten Good Seconds of Silence and Smoke “A Sharp Intake of Breath more than satisfies…[I]t reveals Miller as an impressive storyteller; one wonders what he’ll do next.â€The National Post “Miller succeeds admirably in shaping a serious, imaginative novel about the jagged, often fractured,…
Read MoreMother-Daughter Knits
Potter Craft US 2009 Mother-Daughter Knits With more than 50 years of knitting experience, Sally Melville has earned her reputation as a living legend by blending simple instructions with beautiful patterns in a way that most knitters only dream of. In Mother-Daughter Knits: 30 Designs to Flatter and Fit (March 24, 2009), her fans are introduced to a…
Read MoreGod’s Brain
Praise for God’s Brain “With economy, evidence, and no little wit and elegance, Lionel Tiger and Michael McGuire look for the answer to religion’s ubiquity and persistence in the only place possible: the human brain. To say more would be to give away their answer, and that would spoil a great read and a serious and informative…
Read MoreKen McGoogan
“Brisk, readable books about Englishmen doing great things…don’t come much better than this.â€The Observer “A gripping tale of genuine adventures, very well told.â€Kirkus Reviews Bantam Press UK 2004Carroll & Graf USA 2004HarperCollins Canada 2003 Ancient MarinerArctic adventures of Samuel Hearne, the sailor who inspired Coleridge’s poemThe life of Samuel Hearne is a story of love, friendship,…
Read MoreFatal Passage
“In Ken McGoogan’s artful telling, John Rae emerges from the shadows to take his place among the most intriguing of the 19th century arctic explorers. This is delightful reading.â€Andrea BarrettAuthor of The Voyage of the NarwhalAwards:The Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize The Lila Common Award for Canadian History The Grant MacEwanAuthor’s Award The Christopher Award Carroll & Graf USA 2002Bantam…
Read MoreLady Franklin’s Revenge
“His biography is as detailed, thorough, and compulsive as Jane Franklin herself might have demanded.â€The Mail on Sunday (London) “…an exhaustive and scrupulously researched biography.â€Sara WheelerTimes of London “McGoogan’s biography of Lady Franklin is both a detailed study of an extraordinary woman and an adventure story almost too fantastic to be true.â€Glasgow Herald “An unforgettable book.â€Edmonton Journal “elegant, lucid…
Read MoreReviews of Race To The Polar Sea
Reviews ofRace To The Polar Sea “McGoogan frames this exciting biography in terms of the mythological concepts of the hero and the transformative quest. Highly recommended.” Starred Review Library Journal “McGoogan’s book goes a long way towards returning Kane to his rightful position in the adventure and scientific pantheon, and through unprecedented access to the…
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“Ken McGoogan’s magnificent Race to the Polar Sea [is] arguably the most evocative of his four volumes on vintage Arctic exploration. The most literate of the northern adventurers, Kane left an impressive legacy that McGoogan, who sailed the same waters – now ice-free – explains, expands and makes relevant. This is a memorable book about an unforgettable…
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