Biographical fiction Books

Rain on iron rooftops. A radio streaming the latest hit songs. It's the early 1950s. The baby boom. Valarie is a talkative, singing, slanging, pregnant daughter of the slums. Gilbert, her husband, is a well-spoken son of a landed family. They already...

At Face Value spins the tale of John White, a trusty Tory backbencher in Canada's post-Confederation Parliament who was unusually sympathetic to women and Indigenous communities. Hewing closely to the archival record, it nevertheless diverges on one...

It's the early 1980's and Joe and Ellen are tired of the mundane day-to-day living. After years of hardship, medical constraints, and searching for the right boat, the Volante unexpectedly comes into their possession. With their daughter in tow,...

This book is a glimpse into the heart and soul of a woman who has risen from the ashes, a collection of memoirs in poetry form. The intensity and raw emotion will touch you like no other. Deborah describes love, loss, loneliness and finishing with...

"A compelling story that melds history and biography into the context of a passionate love affair, Our Lives Are the Rivers is a masterful piece of historical fiction." -- San Francisco ChronicleFrom critically acclaimed author Jaime Manrique comes a...

Marcus Livius, last year's war hero, is angry at the ungrateful Romans for convicting him on phony charges. Disgraced in exile, he vows never to return to Rome. Then tragedy strikes home after the disaster at Cannae. A grieving Marcus plunges into...

Long ago in the old Stone Age, a young hunter left his clan's camp in the mountains to hunt alone. While he was gone, a major earthquake hit the area. The frightened hunter headed back to ask his elders what had happened and what it meant, but when he...

This is the story of Seth, registered nurse, and his fight for an accurate mental health diagnosis. Read through Seth's life and determine for yourself what the cause of Seth's post-traumatic stress disorder is.

A hilariously satirical fictional satire on 'Oirishness' by the creator of Father Ted

Drugs, sex and rock and roll-that was the name of the game for hard rock musicians like the Blue Mask. Founded by singer Alix Lane and lead guitarist Joel Stark in 1985, they lived the anthem. A year later both the band and their drummer were dead. 1988...

Cracked Surface is the sequel to Surface Tension and continues exploring my personal struggle with the desire to lead a "normal" life through the eyes of David Mathew. In Surface Tension, David is sixteen years old, represents the USA, and wins the gold...

Eff ort for Comfort is a story about a 15-year-old girl in deep rural Uganda, East Africa, who is married off early, and endures many forms of harassment. Later, with the help of fellow young women, she works her way to transform livelihoods in her...

What happens when a bright future is interrupted?As a young man coming of age in Kingston, Ontario, Rob absorbs knowledge with a passion. His love for learning takes him all over the world, from his school's computer club, to a summer math camp in...

At 17 Anahita leaves her war-torn country to take refuge in Canada, where she can feel, taste, touch, and smell freedom with every fibre of her being. Throughout many years of working hard trying to achieve her dream of becoming a prominent physicist,...

From the end of the Napoleonic Wars to Confederation, central Canada was awash with migrants from the British Isles and their cultural values. The raw prejudice that they brought with them - against the French, the Catholics, and even Yanks and Europeans...

When Hektor's educational dreams are thwarted by familial attitudes in the aftermath of World War II, he pursues a career in retailing and merchandising. Purely by chance, he meets Werner von Unselm, a long-forgotten friend of his mother who...

Une grande majorité de Québécois de souche française descend soit d'un soldat issu du régiment de Carignan-Salières ou d'une fille du Roy. Mais qui étaient ces braves hommes et femmes qui ont sciemment quitté leurs terres natales pour s'exiler en...

A richly imagined and stunningly inventive literary masterpiece of love, art, and betrayal, exploring the genesis of evil, the unforeseen consequences of love, and the ultimate unreliability of storytelling itself.Paris in the 1920s shimmers with...

Sixteen-year-old peasant girl, May Sharpe, steals from her abusive father, and flees Ireland, to chase her dream of a new life in America. Arriving penniless and friendless in 1919's America, May has to choose between honest poverty, or crime...

Wolfe gives poignant and poetic voice to... a free spirit and early feminist..What could be easily have been salacious fluff capitalizing on JFK's sexual proclivities is, instead, a compassionate and intricate portrait of a woman's psyche. By placing...

"The Secret Journals of Nell Clarke" is a book about love, pain, and memory. Nell's journal paints a portrait of a marriage against the backdrop of the history of farm life on the Canadian prairie.Nell describes an epic journey that moves from attending...

The award-winning author of Par for the Curse brings readers an impassioned story of grace with resilience often deeply hidden in the human spirit. Toyi Elizabeth is an inspiring tale that leaves readers to consider the strength, power, and love buried...

If you knew where I come from and what I have been through, you would understand who I am. If we focus on the human connection, our lives will be enriched. If we understand the struggles of others, it might humble us and give us a different perspective...

Biofiction: An Introduction provides readers with the history, origins, evolution, and legitimization of biofiction, suggesting potential lines of inquiry, exploring criticisms of the literary form, and modeling the process of analyzing and interpreting...

In this enthralling new novel, Barbara Quick re-creates eighteenth-century Venice at the height of its splendor and decadence. A story of longing and intrigue, half-told truths and toxic lies, Vivaldi's Virgins unfolds through the eyes of Anna Maria dal...