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• Last Impressions

  Kertes, Joseph, 1951-

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  Set in both mid-20th-century Hungary and contemporary Toronto, this is a deeply moving novel that revels in the energy of its extraordinary characters. It is the story of lost love and newfound connections, of a father and his sons desperately…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Are Not What We Expected

  Ludwig, Sidura

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  Spanning fifteen years in the lives of a multi-generational family and their neighbours, this remarkable collection draws an intimate portrait of a suburban Jewish community and illuminates the unexpected ways we remain connected during times of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Held

  Michaels, Anne, 1958-

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  A novel of love and loyalty across four generations, at once sweeping and intimate, of connections and consequences that ignite and reignite as the century unfolds. In radiant moments of desire, comprehension, longing, and transcendence, the sparks…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• None Is Too Many

  Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933-1948

  Abella, Irving M., 1940-2022,

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  The definitive study of Canada's refusal to offer aid, let alone sanctuary, to Jews fleeing Nazi persecution between 1933 and 1948.

• Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted

  the Ballad of Motl the Cowboy

  Barwin, Gary

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  A middle-aged Jewish man who fantasizes about being a cowboy goes on an eccentric quest across Europe after the 1941 Nazi invasion of Lithuania.

• Kiss the Red Stairs

  the Holocaust, Once Removed

  Lederman, Marsha (Western arts correspondent),

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  A compelling memoir of Holocaust survival, inherited trauma, divorce and discovery that will reassure readers as they navigate their own monumental change.

• Lear's Shadow

  a Novel

  Rothman, Claire, 1958-

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  During a Montreal summer, Bea Rose is about to turn forty, and she has just lost her lover and her business, so she jumps at the chance to be involved in a production of King Lear. Bea unintentionally sparks the attention of the aging star of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wagers

  Michaels, Sean, 1982-

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  Theo Potiris performed his stand-up comedy act on Conan at thirty, and thought he'd hit it big. But six years later, he's still spending his days working at his parents' grocery store, bicycling to the local open mic, and writing letters to a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am Claude François and You Are a Bathtub

  Stories

  Ross, Stuart, 1959-

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  An assortment of short stories by a veteran of the Canadian literary underground, Ross unleashes his arsenal of pathos, absurdism, humour, and cantankerousness in this poignant collection.

• Our Darkest Night

  a Novel of Italy and the Second World War

  Robson, Jennifer, 1970-

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  Hiding from the Nazis in the guise of a Christian farmer's wife, a Jewish woman is met with suspicion by a Nazi official who harbors a vendetta against the former seminary student posing as her husband.