Theodosia Browning investigates a Charleston steeped in tradition and treachery in the latest Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs.While viewing the harbor's Gaslights and Galleons Parade from the widow's walk of Timothy Neville's Charleston mansion, local banker Carson Lanier seemingly tumbles over a narrow railing, then plunges three stories to his death. But a tragic accident becomes something much more sinister when it's discovered that the victim was first shot with a bolt from a crossbow. At the request of the mansion owner, Theodosia investigates the tragedy and is soon neck deep in suspects. An almost ex-wife, a coworker, a real estate partner—all had motives for killing the luckless banker, but one resorted to murder to settle accounts. Views: 31
An eye-opening, topical, and moving memoir of one woman's experience of working-class poverty in America.
Born a fifth-generation Kansas wheat farmer on her paternal side and the product of generations of teenage mothers on her maternal side, Smarsh grew up in a family of labourers trapped in a cycle of poverty. She learned about hard work, and also absorbed painful lessons about economic inequality, eventually coming to understand the powerful forces that have blighted the lives of poor and working-class Americans living in the heartland.
By sharing the story of her life and the lives of the people she loves, Smarsh challenges us to consider modern-day America from a different perspective. Combining memoir with powerful analysis and cultural commentary, Heartland is a searing, uncompromising look at class, identity, and the perils of having less in a country known for its excess. Views: 31
Noel’s life is tied up in garland. She used to love Christmas, but now, she has her reasons for being Little Miss Grinch. With the holidays fast approaching, Noel decides she must find a new way to conquer life and the merry torture of the festive season.
When Connor—a sarcastic, gorgeous bartender—is challenged by Noel’s smart mouth, quirky personality, and bah-humbug attitude, he makes it his mission to change everything she knows about her version of ho-ho-hell.
As their unlikely friendship unfolds into forbidden attraction, Noel must decide if her feelings for the mysterious Connor are worth losing the one constant in her world.
His secrets will ruin her. Her inability to let go of the past will overshadow her future. The happiest season of all won’t save them, but a Christmas miracle can—if only they will let it. Views: 31
Tensions that have lurked beneath the surface of a shiny new subdivision rise up when tragedy strikes again and again, in a new novel from the author of the Toronto Book Award—shortlisted The Wondrous WooThe suburbs of the 1970s promised to be heaven on earth—new houses, new status, happiness guaranteed. But in a Scarborough subdivision populated by newcomers from all over the world, a series of sudden catastrophic events reveals that not everyone's dreams come true. Moving from house to house, Carrianne Leung explores the inner lives behind the tidy front gardens and picture-perfect windows, always returning to June, an irrepressible adolescent Chinese-Canadian coming of age in this shifting world. Through June and her neighbours, Leung depicts the fine line where childhood meets the realities of adult life, and examines, with insight and sharp prose, how difficult it is to be true to ourselves at any age. Views: 31
