Books tagged: Rural Communities
Going to Beautiful
By Anthony Bidulka
International chef Jake Hardy has it all. Celebrity, thriving career, plenty of friends, a happy family and faithful dog. Until one day when a tragic accident tears it all apart. Struggling to recover, Hardy finds himself in a strange new world--a snow-swept prairie town that ... Read more
Hold Your Tongue
By Matthew Tétreault
Upon learning his great-uncle Alfred has suffered a stroke, Richard sets out for Ste. Anne, in southeastern Manitoba, to find his father and tell him the news. Waylaid by memories of his stalled romance, tales of run-ins with local Mennonites, his job working a honey wagon, ... Read more
Kwändǖr
By (artist) Cole Pauls
Indigenous Voices Award winner Cole Pauls returns with a robust collection of stories that celebrate the cultural practices and experiences of Dene and Arctic peoples.
Gathering Pauls's comics from magazines, comic festivals and zine making workshops, these comics are his most ... Read more
Sheilagh's Brush
By Maura Hanrahan
WINNER OF THE 2011 IPPY BRONZE MEDAL FOR REGIONAL FICTION
"Maura Hanrahan writes powerfully of the pain and joy of motherhood and ultimately delivers a mighty portrait of women’s lives writ large across the blue of sea and sky. I read it in great gulps. ”—Erica Eisdorfer, ... Read more