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BOOK CLUB Posted onAugust 14, 2018

Coming to grips with a terrible childhood

The Leavers, By Lisa Ko Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Hard cover, 335 Pages www.algonquin.com Little Deming Guo was a child who had experience with […] Read More

BOOK CLUB Posted onAugust 13, 2018

The three lesser known Tudor sisters

The Last Tudor, By Philippa Gregory Touchstone An Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Soft cover, 513 pages www.simonandschuster.ca Author Philippa Gregory takes a look […] Read More

BOOK CLUB Posted onJune 15, 2018

A guide to your medical woes

Medical Symptons A Visual Guide DK Canada Softcover, 247 Pages Dk.com This full colour glossy book makes hunting for your symptoms fun and educational, although […] Read More

BOOK CLUB Posted onJune 15, 2018

The secret life of Claude

This Is How It Always Is By Laurie Frankel Flatiron Books Hard cover, 323 pages flatironbooks.com This is a very compelling story about a little […] Read More

BOOK CLUB Posted onFebruary 23, 2018

A choice of freedom and free will

The Heart Goes Last By Margaret Atwood McClelland & Stewart Soft cover, 380 pages www.penguinrandomhouse.ca What began as a short story for this Canadian iconic […] Read More

BOOK CLUB Posted onFebruary 23, 2018

A labour of love and hate

The Perfect Nanny By Leila Slimani Penguin Books Soft cover, 228 pages penguin.com After staying home for a time with her two young children, Myriam […] Read More

BOOK CLUB Posted onFebruary 22, 2018

Mother and daughter on a path to self discovery

Hot Milk By Deborah Levy Bloomsbury USA Softcover, 218 Pages www.bloomsbury.com A young anthropologist accompanies her struggling mother to southern Spain in hopes of finding […] Read More

BOOK CLUB Posted onFebruary 22, 2018

Heritage apples of Ontario

Identifying Heritage Apples Across Ontario By Sherrell Leetooze Publisher: Lynn Michael-John Associates www.lm-jassociates.webs.com Bowmanville-based historian and gardener Sherrell Leetooze enjoys taking walks in the country […] Read More

BOOK CLUB Posted onOctober 15, 2017

Earth and the honeybee

The History of Bees By Maja Lunde Touchstone: An Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Soft Cover, 337 Pages www.simonspeakers.com This novel is a story […] Read More

BOOK CLUB Posted onOctober 15, 2017

A boy and his family

His Whole Life By Elizabeth Hayes McClelland & Stewart Softcover, 361 Pages www.penguinrandomhouse.ca A 10-year-old boy Jim learns about the struggle of life and what […] Read More

BOOK CLUB Posted onAugust 9, 2017August 9, 2017

Author’s latest book highlights historical Ontario trails

By Dave Flaherty/Active Senior’s Digest Long before Ontario was covered with sprawling stretches of multi-lane highways, the Indigenous communities of the region had their own […] Read More

BOOK CLUB Posted onAugust 9, 2017

Telling tales of mystery and adventure

Reviewed by Janet Sketchley Canadian author Elma Schemenauer has researched and brought to life 30 intriguing tales from Canada’s past, in a selection as broad […] Read More

BOOK CLUB Posted onJune 22, 2017

Learn about the history of theatres

Toronto’s Local Movie Theatres of Yesteryear By Doug Taylor Dundurn Toronto Softcover, 208 pages www.dundurn.com This book chronicles the history of movie theatres around Toronto, […] Read More

BOOK CLUB Posted onJune 22, 2017

The child of secrets and solitude

The Photographer’s Wife By Suzanne Joinson Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Softcover, 334 pages www.bloomsbury.com Prue is now an artist in 1937, living a reclusive life by […] Read More

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