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You've Changed
by Williams, Ian
The eagerly awaited follow-up novel from the Giller prize-winning author of "Reproduction", "You’ve Changed" is a daring and clever dissection of a crumbling marriage between two people who are morphing in ways that confound each other. Sharp, inventive and absurdly funny, "You’ve Changed" is a wild ride exploring identity, insecurity, intimacy and desire, and who individuals become when they unite, and how they change despite promising not to.
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Aliens on the Moon
by King, Thomas
From the #1 bestselling and award-winning author of "Indians on Vacation", a witty and wry novel set in a small Ontario town where all is seemingly ordinary except for one thing—aliens have landed on the moon. They are watching Earth and earthlings. What is their plan? With the arrival of the aliens, ordinary life is upended in ways that are both hilarious and revealing. While some people fear the aliens’ three-part mandate to save the planet (which might have been written by a grade 9 student in the US), others think the arrival of the aliens is a golden opportunity for a deep discount weekend at Costco that could possibly rival Amazon’s Black Friday.
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All Things Under the Moon
by Ann Yu-kyung Choi
A sweeping journey through historical Korea and an utterly compelling portrait of one woman’s remarkable life, "All Things Under the Moon" is both a stunning literary achievement and a beautifully written tribute to the sacrifices women make for each other. Taking us from a small village to the bustling corridors of Seoul, where women and girls can learn to read and write in multiple languages and members of the revolution pass coded messages through the back rooms of teahouses, Ann Y. K. Choi weaves a masterful tale of a woman taking command not only of her own identity but her own destiny.
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Oxford Soju Club
by Jinwoo Park
The natural enemy of a Korean is another Korean. When North Korean spymaster Doha Kim is mysteriously killed in Oxford, his protégé, Yohan Kim, chases the only breadcrumb given to him in Doha’s last breath: “Soju Club, Dr. Ryu.” In the meantime, a Korean American CIA agent , Yunah Choi, races to salvage her investigation of the North Korean spy cell in the aftermath of the assassination. At the centre of it all is the Soju Club, the only Korean restaurant in Oxford, owned by Jihoon Lim, an immigrant from Seoul in search of a new life after suffering a tragedy. As different factions move in with their own agendas, their fates become entangled, resulting in a bitter struggle that will determine whose truth will triumph.
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The Trial of Katterfelto
by Redhill, Michael
In the late-eighteenth century, the conjurer and amateur scientist Gustavus Katterfelto has made a name for himself travelling across the English countryside with a bag of tricks. For Katterfelto, each one is carefully engineered and executed with the help of his colleague, confidante and amanuensis, and our narrator, Roger Gossage.
Yet one day in their travels, the two men come across a mystifying object beyond their ken: a metal horn that emits a disembodied woman’s voice. As they begin to use the horn in their magic shows, Gossage and Katterfelto must work to understand the origin and intent of Siri’s call—a quest that will put them up against the limits of reason and test Roger’s allegiance to the man he calls his friend
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Days of Feasting and Rejoicing
by Bergen, David
Esther Maile, an expat American living in Thailand in a house rented by the richer, more popular Christine. While on holiday in Bali, Christine is caught by an ocean wave and drowns. Esther rushes to save her, but in the chaos that ensues, the police arrive and confuse Esther for Christine. For someone who would prefer to be anyone but herself, this is the perfect solution. When a local Thai police captain, Net Wantok, begins to investigate Christine's death and seeks out Esther, he is caught between his curiosity -- she is charming, evasive, and flirtatious -- and the awareness that people around Esther are disappearing. Sensing danger, Esther acts out of fear and pulls the one person who loves her into her perilous world.
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Cree Word for Love: Sâkihitowin
by Lindberg, Tracey
In "The Cree Word for Love", author Tracey Lindberg and artist George Littlechild consider a teaching from an Elder that in their culture, the notion of love as constructed in Western society does not exist. Here, through original fiction and select iconic paintings, Lindberg and Littlechild respond. Together they have created and curated this collaboration which travels, season by season, mirroring the four rounds in ceremony, through the themes of the love within a family, ties of kinship, desire for romantic love and connection, strength in the face of loss and violence, and importance of self-love, as well as, crucially, a deeper exploration of the meaning of “all my relations.”
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The Spirit of Scatarie
by Lesley Crewe
A stunning new work of historical fiction from the bestselling author of
"The Spoon Stealer", set on Nova Scotia’s remote Scatarie Island, following three friends whose lives are inextricably bound, and the spirit who guides them.
Part ghost story, part romance, part history, and a stirring tribute to young soldiers and their brave war brides, "The Spirit of Scatarie" is an epic tale with whispering island winds at its heart.
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We Love You, Bunny
by Mona Awad
After publishing a novel that enrages her former MFA classmates, Samantha Heather Mackey is kidnapped by the eerie, cult-like Bunnies, who force her to hear their surreal origin story—an unsettling tale of monstrous creativity, deadly friendship and the violent magic at the heart of dark academia.
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Wolf, Moon, Dog
by Wharton, Thomas
In "Wolf, Moon, Dog" the award-winning author of "The Book of Rain" follows Wolf as he reincarnates through the ages, from Ancient Egypt to Alexandrian Greece to the Space Race and all the way to a dark future beset by climate change. Indeed, Wolf dies many times over, but each of his lives is uniquely meaningful, unleashing different aspects of humankind’s best friend. In Wharton's novel and fable, dogs are deeply empathetic creatures who experience a breadth of emotions and a desire for self-determination much the way we do, and who, also like us, struggle to reconcile conflicting instincts.
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