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• Watch Out for Her

  a Novel

  Bailey, Samantha M., 1973-

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  Championed by Olympic gold medal swimmer Maggie Mac Neil, this psychological thriller is about a young mother who thinks she's found the perfect babysitter for her son but ends up having to move across the country to try to get away from her.

• A Two-Spirit Journey

  The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder

  Chacaby, Ma-nee • Plummer, Mary Louisa

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  Founder of the Matriarch Movement, Shayla Stonechild will be championing this memoir of a two-spirit Ojibwe-Cree elder, writer, storyteller, artist, and activist who overcame addiction and abuse to lead Thunder Bay's first gay pride parade.

• Etta and Otto and Russell and James

  Hooper, Emma

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  This engaging novel about an 82-year old woman walking from Saskatchewan to Halifax, reminiscing about her husband and their friend with a talking coyote, will be championed by actor and women's rights advocate Michelle Morgan. Fun fact: Emma Hooper…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jennie's Boy

  a Newfoundland Childhood

  Johnston, Wayne

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  Championed by New York Times bestselling thriller author Linwood Barclay, this dark but funny memoir is about 6 months in Wayne Johnston's childhood when he was very ill.

• Dandelion

  Liew, Jamie Chai Yun

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  The Pastry Nerd, neuroscientist turned pastry chef Saïd M'Dahoma, will be championing this memoir-style novel about a new mother who travels to Brunei to try to understand why her own mother abandoned her family in a BC mining town.

• The Whispers

  a Novel

  Audrain, Ashley, 1982-

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  Long list. Four women and the choices they made in their lives are connected through a tragedy.

• What I Know About You

  Chacour, Éric, 1983-

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  Long list. Told in second person, set in Cairo and Montréal, the story of forbidden love between two men.

• The Pull of the Stars

  A Novel

  Donoghue, Emma

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  Long list. The Maternity/Fever ward in a Dublin hospital during the influenza pandemic of 1918, in a time when the pressure for women to have 10+ children and rampant sexual abuse and classism lead to heartbreaking stories.

• When the Pine Needles Fall

  Indigenous Acts of Resistance

  Gabriel, Katsi'tsakwas Ellen

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  Long list. Interviews and first-hand accounts of the siege of Kanehsatà:ke and Kahnawà:ke - an important event in Canadian history that is often forgotten.

• The Other Valley

  a Novel

  Howard, Scott Alexander

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  Long list. Two valleys, one in the past and one in the future. One woman's life and love between the two.

• Becoming a Matriarch

  a Memoir

  Knott, Helen, 1987-

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  Long list. A memoir of mothers and daughters, addiction and loss, strength and weakness.

• However Far Away

  a Novel

  Pal, Rajinderpal S.

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  Long list. A large Sikh wedding forms the backdrop of this novel of secrets and divided loyalties.

• Clyde Fans

  a Picture Novel

  Seth, 1962-

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  Long list. This graphic novel tells the story of Simon, the worst salesman in history.

• Girl Runner

  a Novel

  Snyder, Carrie

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  Long list. Two teens making a documentary about people who have influenced them borrow a 104-year-old former Olympic runner from her nursing home.

• All Our Ordinary Stories

  a Multigenerational Family Odyssey

  Wong, Teresa, 1976-

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  Long list. A graphic memoir by the eldest daughter of an immigrant family.