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The Featherbed

By John L. Miller

“Objects hold meaning,” Rebecca tells her daughter Anna from her deathbed, “an object might reveal a person’s hopes and dreams.” That object, Anna soon discovers, is her mother’s diary dating back to 1909. The revelations ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Hating Gladys

By Leona Gom

It is the summer of 1965, and Gladys Pratt, an embittered, middle-aged woman, is preparing for another swarm of whining tourists to descend upon her isolated Yukon lodge. When one of her sullen staffers tries ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Exile

By Ann Ireland

Carlos Romero Estévez is hastily smuggled out of his country and flown to Vancouver to take up a university appointment as writer-in-exile. It is possible, however, to be a political refugee without being a hero, ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Summer of Suspense

By Kristin Butcher

What do holograms have to do with some robberies at a local aquarium? Not much, as it turns out, other than to provide an interesting sidebar in Victoria author Kristin Butcher’s mystery novel Summer of ... Read More »

January 7, 2004

Marie-claire: A Season of Sorrow

By Kathy Stinson

Penguin’s popular Our Canadian Girl series is made up of easy-to-read (perhaps too easy) dramatic adventure stories focusing on the life and times of spirited 10-year-old girls at key historical junctures. They’re aimed at stimulating ... Read More »

January 7, 2004