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Book cover: A young Asian girl holds a net curtain and looks sadly out a window. The title of the book appears vertically, on the right-hand side of the image, in an Asian-flavoured font.

Itsuka by Joy Kogawa

March 25, 2018
About the book Author: Kogawa, Joy Title: Itsuka Publication: Toronto, Ont. : Viking, 1992. ISBN 0140169881. DAISY audio format narrated by Sandra Scott. CELA library call number …
Book cover: A sad young Asian girl looks out a train window into the rain.

obasan-by-joy-kogawa

November 4, 2017
About the book Author: Kogawa, Joy Title: Obasan. Publication: Toronto : Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1981. ISBN 0-919630-42-1. DAISY audio format narrated by the author. CELA …
Book cover: Woman in a green dress falling, man trying to catch her is also falling. The cover is purple, the is woman nearer the bottom of the book and the is man nearer the top.

Crosstalk by Connie …

April 4, 2017
About the book Author: Willis, Connie. Title: Crosstalk. Publication: New York : Del Rey, [2016]. ISBN 9780345540676. DAISY audio format narrated by Mia Barron. CELA library call …
Book cover: Shows an English home nestled in a copse of trees, with a river winding in the foreground, all done in soft pastels and in a very Romantic style.

Thornyhold by Mary …

December 1, 2016
About the book Author: Stewart, Mary. Title: Thornyhold. Publication: London ; Toronto : Hodder & Stoughton, 1988. ISBN 0688084257. DAISY audio format narrated by Pauline …
Book cover: It's red, a collage of stuff, kind of abstract. I can't tell what it is supposed to be. I guess it's abstract art.

Mme Proust and the kosher …

November 26, 2016
About the book Author: Taylor, Kate Title: Mme Proust and the kosher kitchen. Publication: [Toronto] : Doubleday Canada, c2003. ISBN 978-0701173746. DAISY audio format narrated by …
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