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Fathers and sons

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    Dailey, Janet
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    Refuge Cove, Alaska, stays true to its name when a woman who has lost hope and a man in need of healing come to each other's rescue. She'd come to Alaska on the promise of marriage, only to find herself on the run from her...

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    Paterson, Katherine
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    In 1899, ten-year-old Robbie, son of a preacher in a small Vermont town, gets himself into all kinds of trouble when he decides to give up being Christian in order to make the most of his life before the end of the world.

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    Leclair, Didier
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    « Sarah boit son thé calmement et remonte une mèche de cheveux d’un geste distrait. —  Tu es vraiment gentille d’avoir bravé la pluie, lui dis-je de nouveau. —  C’est normal. Il m’aurait demandé pourquoi on va pas voir papi. Il s’est...

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    Connor, Shae, McMurray, Kate, Freeman, Kerry, Labbe, Marguerite
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    Baseball — America's favorite pastime — provides a field wide open for romance. A Home Field Advantage may not help when Toby must choose between the team he’s loved all his life and the man he could love for the rest of it. In 1927,...

  • Author:
    Gilbert, Françoise
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    Un père qui cherche son fils. Un fils qui fuit son père. Un suspense inspirant, une exploration captivante de la relation entre un père déchu et un fils piégé dans un réseau criminel de trafic d’œuvres d’art. Au milieu de cette toile,...

  • Author:
    Marchwell, D. W.
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    La secuela de Bueno Saberlo Volumen 2 de la serie Bueno Saberlo   Ha transcurrido un año desde que William perdió a sus padres y dejó la vida que conocía por un nuevo hogar en Canadá. No hay nada que el pequeño adore más que estar con...

  • Author:
    Marchwell, D. W.
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    È trascorso quasi un anno da quando William ha perso i genitori e abbandonato l’unico tipo di vita che conosceva per una nuova casa in Canada. Ma ora, non c’è niente che ami di più che stare con i suoi due nuovi papà. Suo zio Jerry...

  • Author:
    Nasrallah, Dimitri
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    Winner, 2011 Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Longlisted for the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlisted for CBC Canada Reads 2016 Swiftly paced, poignantly moving, and beautifully imagined, Niko is the powerful epic...

  • Author:
    Duncan, Sandy Frances, Szanto, George
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    The Islands Investigations International team is back! This time, Kyra Rachel and Noel Franklin are sleuthing around Quadra Island in the employ of Noel’s old high school buddy, Jason Cooper. In a quiet wooded area of the island, Jason...

  • Author:
    Turcot, François, Moure, Erín
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    There's a real fascination with fathers in Québécoise literature, and this recurring persona populates fiction, films, and the stories people tell of their families and themselves. Thus, it's not surprising that, as he witnessed his own...

  • Author:
    Doig, Ivan
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    Lexa McCaskell and Mitch Rozier leave their Seattle home to visit Mitch's dying father in Montana. There Mitch clashes with both Lexa and his father as events from the past are explored and difficult memories resurface.

  • Author:
    Yee, Paul
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    An American Library Association Youth Media Award Stonewall Honor Book. Ray Liu knows he should be happy. He lives in a big suburban house with all the latest electronic gadgets, and even finds plenty of time to indulge in his love of...

  • Author:
    Wagamese, Richard
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    Set in the dramatic landscape of the BC Interior, 16 year-old Franklin Starlight is called to visit his father, Eldon, a man he barely knows. The rare moments they have shared trouble Frank, but, he answers the call, a son's duty to a...

  • Author:
    O'Hearn, Audrey
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    Audrey O'Hearn has crafted an unforgettable story about a teenager becoming a man in this book for young adults. Matt's girlfriend is having his baby and plans to give it up for adoption. And that seems like the best thing for everyone...

  • Author:
    Matthiessen, Peter
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    Murder suspect E.J. Watson is gunned down by an enraged mob, each claiming self-defense. Over four decades later, his son returns to the Florida Everglades in order to discover the truth.

  • Author:
    Thibeault Jr, Normand
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    Transporté dans une série d’aventures abracadabrantes, à la recherche de la vérité et de sa vision de la justice, il sera confronté à ses peurs et à lui-même à travers le reflet de son étrange ménagerie avec laquelle il partage ses...

  • Author:
    Le Thiec, Morgan
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    Un roman mené avec sobriété et finesse. Billy, qui vit à l’étranger depuis de longues années, se voit contraint de rentrer à Montréal s’occuper de son père, âgé et souffrant. Il lui faudra bientôt vendre le magasin, la maison familiale...

  • Author:
    Barron, T. A.
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    Adieu minuscule lézard, Basile est désormais un puissant dragon aux ailes majestueuses! Avec Merlin, il sillonne les airs pour protéger Avalon, frappé par le chaos: dans les royaumes magiques, les conflits se multiplient. Pour Basile,...

  • Author:
    Forest, Jean
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    Ne te dis pas heureux avant ta dernière heure, disaient les Grecs de l’Antiquité, sans doute parce qu’ils avaient compris qu’il ne fallait pas se fier aux apparences, aux masques que l’on porte en société. Il arrive parfois que les...

  • Author:
    Greer, Darren
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    In the small town of North River, every day that goes by bleeds into the next. Poverty begets hopelessness, hopelessness begets violence, violence begets despair. The only way to change fate, a minister tells his son, is to leave. The...

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