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• Plainsong

  Haruf, Kent

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  The first in a trilogy about the same place and characters, so open, plain and honest that this place and people become a part of you. Follow-up novels are Eventide and Benediction. [Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook.]

• Gilead

  Robinson, Marilynne

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  Another great trilogy about an old man and his ultimate forgiveness. Follow up novels are Home and Lila. [Also available as an audiobook and eAudiobook.]

• Kit's Law

  a Novel

  Morrissey, Donna, 1956-

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  This book, along with Sylvanus Now and What They Wanted, are three of my favourites from this Newfoundland writer. I have a weakness for fiction from the Rock and these, along with February by Lisa Moore, Come Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant and an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

  McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-

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  The entire series is positive amid pain, and a fresh look at life and mystery in Africa. [Also available as an audiobook, eBook, eAudiobook, and large print book.]

• Warlight

  Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-

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  A novel about spy culture during the war. I also loved Cat’s Table, but both novels need to be savored, not gobbled, because the language is so loaded and gorgeous. [Also available as an audiobook, eBook, and eAudiobook.]

• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

  Shaffer, Mary Ann

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  Written in letters, the novel is a charming romance, a reflection on the value of books and how they help make sense of the world, and the fruitfulness of reading. I also recommend Anne Youngson's Meet me at the Museum, another UK romance in letter…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

  a Novel

  Joyce, Rachel

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  Followed by The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. These two books are the same story from two different character perspectives and they are a compelling look at older-age. [Also available as an audiobook, eBook, and large print book.]

• Cool Water

  Warren, Dianne, 1950-

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  This Saskatchewan writer’s work appeals to me, from the prairie mythic of this novel to the prairie Gothic of her second book, Liberty Street. [Also available as an eBook.]

• Indian Horse

  a Novel

  Wagamese, Richard

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  Indian Horse, Medicine Walk, and Starlight are my favorites of this writer who knows the human heart like he knows the land. [Also available as an eBook.]

• The Gift of Stones

  Crace, Jim

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  There’s an old-world sensibility to this and Crace's more recent novel, Harvest. They both have a simplicity that leaves room to build empathy and an understanding that only the land goes on. [Also available as a book and large print book.]