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Joanne Robertson and Shirley (Fletcher) Horn Tell the Crucial Story of a Young Girl's Resilience and Survival

At five years old, Shirley is taken from her family and sent to a residential school, a strange place that she does not understand. The long walk up the school’s stone steps marks the beginning of a ...

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Read an Excerpt from TOGETHER BY THE SEA by Marie-Claire Blais (Translated by Katia Grubisic)

The tenth and final instalment of the Soifs cycle comes to its close in Together by the Sea (House of Anansi Press), a novel that brings a long-running literary vision to a powerful close.Written by Marie-Claire ...

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