🇨🇦 Newfoundland

Stories and histories rooted in Newfoundland's rugged coastline, fierce weather, and resilient communities. A place where the sea shapes everything—language, livelihood, and the stories people tell.

The Boat Who Wouldn't Float

by Farley Mowat • 1984

The schooner leaked from every plank, the engine ran backwards, and Montreal was 1,400 miles away.

4.11

2k+

🚢 Maritime Adventure ⛵ Small Boat Sailing 🤦 Travel Mishaps

The Boat Who Wouldn't Float 90%

The schooner leaked from every plank, the engine ran backwards, and Montreal was 1,400 miles away.

by Farley Mowat 1984

4.11

2k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime Adventure ⛵ Small Boat Sailing 🤦 Travel Mishaps

The Klondike Fever

by Pierre Berton • 1958

One ship carrying a fortune in gold turned a frozen creek into a city of forty thousand.

4.11

462

🏞️ Gold Rush History 🏜️ Western Frontier ⛺ Survival Narratives

The Klondike Fever 86%

One ship carrying a fortune in gold turned a frozen creek into a city of forty thousand.

by Pierre Berton 1958

4.11

462 ratings

🏞️ Gold Rush History 🏜️ Western Frontier ⛺ Survival Narratives

The Toronto Book of Love

by Adam Bunch • 2021

Jailed at eighteen for loving a Chinese man. Her sixty-year battle exposed Toronto's hidden heart.

4.35

136

🏙️ Toronto History 💕 Social History Of Love 🏳️‍🌈 Queer History

The Toronto Book of Love 86%

Jailed at eighteen for loving a Chinese man. Her sixty-year battle exposed Toronto's hidden heart.

by Adam Bunch 2021

4.35

136 ratings

🏙️ Toronto History 💕 Social History Of Love 🏳️‍🌈 Queer History

Curse of The Narrows

by Laura M. MacDonald • 2005

Before Hiroshima, the largest manmade blast leveled a Canadian city. Oppenheimer studied its ruins.

3.99

1k+

🚢 Maritime Disasters 🏠 World War I Home Front 💥 Disaster Narratives

Curse of The Narrows 86%

Before Hiroshima, the largest manmade blast leveled a Canadian city. Oppenheimer studied its ruins.

by Laura M. MacDonald 2005

3.99

1k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime Disasters 🏠 World War I Home Front 💥 Disaster Narratives

The Living Stones

by Ithell Colquhoun • 1957

A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.

3.99

167

⛵ Coastal Memoir 🖌️ Artist Memoir 🌿 Animist Nature Writing

The Living Stones 86%

A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.

by Ithell Colquhoun 1957

3.99

167 ratings

⛵ Coastal Memoir 🖌️ Artist Memoir 🌿 Animist Nature Writing

Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec

by Josh Freed • 1983

In Quebec, saints' names are curses and Trivial Pursuit ends mixed marriages.

3.97

🍁 Quebec Culture 😂 Cultural Satire 🗣️ Language Humor

Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec Summary

Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec 86%

In Quebec, saints' names are curses and Trivial Pursuit ends mixed marriages.

by Josh Freed 1983

3.97

30 ratings

🍁 Quebec Culture 😂 Cultural Satire 🗣️ Language Humor

Life in the City of Dirty Water

by Clayton Thomas-Muller • 2021

He learned violence in Winnipeg's gangs. A sweat lodge showed him what was worth protecting.

3.65

4k+

🏙️ Urban Indigenous Life 🌍 Environmental Justice 🪶 Cultural Reclamation

Life in the City of Dirty Water 86%

He learned violence in Winnipeg's gangs. A sweat lodge showed him what was worth protecting.

by Clayton Thomas-Muller 2021

3.65

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Indigenous Life 🌍 Environmental Justice 🪶 Cultural Reclamation

The Company

by Stephen R. Bown • 2020

A fur company once ruled a third of North America. Its collapse created Canada.

4.13

2k+

🦫 Fur Trade 🏢 Corporate History 🇨🇦 Canadian History

The Company 86%

A fur company once ruled a third of North America. Its collapse created Canada.

by Stephen R. Bown 2020

4.13

2k+ ratings

🦫 Fur Trade 🏢 Corporate History 🇨🇦 Canadian History

I Must Say

by Martin Short • 2014

Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.

4.12

19k+

🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss

I Must Say 86%

Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.

by Martin Short 2014

4.12

19k+ ratings

🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss

Cod

by Mark Kurlansky • 1997

The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.

3.92

25k+

🔍 Microhistories 🍽️ Food History 🐟 Overfishing

Cod 86%

The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.

by Mark Kurlansky 1997

3.92

25k+ ratings

🔍 Microhistories 🍽️ Food History 🐟 Overfishing

Managed Annihilation

by Dean L.Y. Bavington • 2010

The 1992 cod collapse that idled 30,000 workers was not nature's fault but management's.

3.29

📜 Environmental History 🌍 Political Ecology 🎣 Fisheries Management

Managed Annihilation 86%

The 1992 cod collapse that idled 30,000 workers was not nature's fault but management's.

by Dean L.Y. Bavington 2010

3.29

21 ratings

📜 Environmental History 🌍 Political Ecology 🎣 Fisheries Management

One Man's Wilderness

by Sam Keith • 1973

At fifty-one he walked into the Alaskan wilderness, built a cabin by hand, and began again.

4.37

10k+

🏔️ Wilderness Memoir 🔨 Self-Reliance 🐻 Animal Encounters

One Man's Wilderness 86%

At fifty-one he walked into the Alaskan wilderness, built a cabin by hand, and began again.

by Sam Keith 1973

4.37

10k+ ratings

🏔️ Wilderness Memoir 🔨 Self-Reliance 🐻 Animal Encounters

The Ice at the End of the World

by Jon Gertner • 2019

Greenland's ice holds a climate archive; it shows the planet can flip in a human lifetime.

4.17

1k+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🌍 Climate Science 🏔️ Glaciology

The Ice at the End of the World 86%

Greenland's ice holds a climate archive; it shows the planet can flip in a human lifetime.

by Jon Gertner 2019

4.17

1k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🌍 Climate Science 🏔️ Glaciology

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act

by Bob Joseph • 2018

The law that seized land, banned ceremonies, and created residential schools is still Canadian law.

4.57

10k+

🍁 Canadian History 📜 Indigenous Policy 🏫 Residential Schools

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act Summary

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act 85%

The law that seized land, banned ceremonies, and created residential schools is still Canadian law.

by Bob Joseph 2018

4.57

10k+ ratings

🍁 Canadian History 📜 Indigenous Policy 🏫 Residential Schools

Ghost Rider

by Neil Peart • 2002

Two deaths in a year. One motorcycle. 55,000 miles, and grief refused to be left behind.

4.12

7k+

🪦 Grief Memoir 🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🛣️ Healing Through Motion

Ghost Rider 85%

Two deaths in a year. One motorcycle. 55,000 miles, and grief refused to be left behind.

by Neil Peart 2002

4.12

7k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoir 🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🛣️ Healing Through Motion

The Outermost House

by Henry Beston • 1928

A year on Cape Cod's outermost beach, tracking the ocean's rhythm and the birds' ancient passage.

4.07

4k+

🖋️ Nature Writing 🌊 Coastal Ecology 🍂 Seasonal Observation

The Outermost House 85%

A year on Cape Cod's outermost beach, tracking the ocean's rhythm and the birds' ancient passage.

by Henry Beston 1928

4.07

4k+ ratings

🖋️ Nature Writing 🌊 Coastal Ecology 🍂 Seasonal Observation

Coming Into the Country

by John McPhee • 1977

Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.

4.21

8k+

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness ✍️ Literary Journalism 🪓 Bush Life

Coming Into the Country 85%

Alaska, 1970s: a pipeline bonanza and the battle over 375 million acres of the last frontier.

by John McPhee 1977

4.21

8k+ ratings

🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness ✍️ Literary Journalism 🪓 Bush Life

The Living Mountain

by Nan Shepherd • 1977

Nan Shepherd walked one mountain for sixty years and discovered how to disappear into granite.

4.26

10k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Highlands 📍 Place-Based Writing 👁️ Sensory Perception

The Living Mountain 85%

Nan Shepherd walked one mountain for sixty years and discovered how to disappear into granite.

by Nan Shepherd 1977

4.26

10k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Highlands 📍 Place-Based Writing 👁️ Sensory Perception

The Legacy

by David Suzuki • 2010

GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.

4.21

492

🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 📉 Post-Growth Economics

The Legacy 85%

GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.

by David Suzuki 2010

4.21

492 ratings

🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 📉 Post-Growth Economics

From the Ashes

by Jesse Thistle • 2019

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

4.49

35k+

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

From the Ashes 85%

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

by Jesse Thistle 2019

4.49

35k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

We Survived the Night

by Julian Brave NoiseCat • 2025

A newborn found in a residential school incinerator. His son's memoir of survival and return.

4.27

1k+

📖 Indigenous Memoir 🏫 Residential Schools 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

We Survived the Night 85%

A newborn found in a residential school incinerator. His son's memoir of survival and return.

by Julian Brave NoiseCat 2025

4.27

1k+ ratings

📖 Indigenous Memoir 🏫 Residential Schools 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

The Lost Men

by Kelly Tyler-Lewis • 2006

Ten men, stranded in Antarctica, marched 1,300 miles laying depots for an explorer they barely knew.

4.15

2k+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🏔️ Survival Narratives 🗺️ Expedition History

The Lost Men 85%

Ten men, stranded in Antarctica, marched 1,300 miles laying depots for an explorer they barely knew.

by Kelly Tyler-Lewis 2006

4.15

2k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🏔️ Survival Narratives 🗺️ Expedition History

One Bird's Choice

by Iain Reid • 2010

Back on his parents' farm: broke, overeducated, and outranked by a guinea fowl.

3.74

461

🔙 Boomerang Kids 🐓 Farm Life 🙃 Self-Deprecating Humor

One Bird's Choice 85%

Back on his parents' farm: broke, overeducated, and outranked by a guinea fowl.

by Iain Reid 2010

3.74

461 ratings

🔙 Boomerang Kids 🐓 Farm Life 🙃 Self-Deprecating Humor

American Aloha

by Heather A. Diamond • 2008

A hula stage on the National Mall: how festivals manufacture tradition and erase a colonial past.

4.20

🏛️ Public Folklore 🧳 Cultural Tourism 🎪 Festival Studies

American Aloha 85%

A hula stage on the National Mall: how festivals manufacture tradition and erase a colonial past.

by Heather A. Diamond 2008

4.20

10 ratings

🏛️ Public Folklore 🧳 Cultural Tourism 🎪 Festival Studies

Life in Two Worlds

by Ted Nolan • 2023

Called a savage by teammates, he won Coach of the Year, then the league blackballed him.

4.22

522

🏒 Hockey Memoirs 🦅 Indigenous Athletes ✊ Racism In Sports

Life in Two Worlds 85%

Called a savage by teammates, he won Coach of the Year, then the league blackballed him.

by Ted Nolan 2023

4.22

522 ratings

🏒 Hockey Memoirs 🦅 Indigenous Athletes ✊ Racism In Sports

Arctic Homestead

by Norma Cobb • 2000

A blended family claims an Arctic homestead: no road, no laws, and winter closing in.

4.06

2k+

🏡 Homesteading Memoir 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Frontier Family

Arctic Homestead 85%

A blended family claims an Arctic homestead: no road, no laws, and winter closing in.

by Norma Cobb 2000

4.06

2k+ ratings

🏡 Homesteading Memoir 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Frontier Family

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

by Alicia Elliott • 2019

Colonialism didn't end; it moved into the mind, the kitchen, and the family photo album.

4.40

11k+

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏛️ Colonial Trauma 🪶 Indigenous Memoir

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground 85%

Colonialism didn't end; it moved into the mind, the kitchen, and the family photo album.

by Alicia Elliott 2019

4.40

11k+ ratings

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏛️ Colonial Trauma 🪶 Indigenous Memoir

Le boulevard

by Jean-François Sénéchal • 2016

His mother vanishes on his eighteenth birthday. Developmentally different, Chris must build a life.

3.66

504

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🍁 QuéBéCois Setting

Le boulevard 85%

His mother vanishes on his eighteenth birthday. Developmentally different, Chris must build a life.

by Jean-François Sénéchal 2016

3.66

504 ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🍁 QuéBéCois Setting

The Skin We're In

by Desmond Cole • 2020

A year of Black resistance that forced Canada to face the racism its politeness hides.

4.44

10k+

🏛️ Systemic Racism 🍁 Canadian Politics 🇨🇦 Black Canadian Experience

The Skin We're In 85%

A year of Black resistance that forced Canada to face the racism its politeness hides.

by Desmond Cole 2020

4.44

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Systemic Racism 🍁 Canadian Politics 🇨🇦 Black Canadian Experience

The Way of the Hermit

by Ken Smith • 2023

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

4.21

3k+

🏚️ Off-Grid Living 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging

The Way of the Hermit 85%

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

by Ken Smith 2023

4.21

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Off-Grid Living 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging

Lizards Hold the Sun

by Dani Trujillo • 2023

On a remote First Nation, a grieving archaeologist falls for the architect who can't stay.

3.87

315

🏗️ Workplace Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Grieving Heroine

Lizards Hold the Sun 85%

On a remote First Nation, a grieving archaeologist falls for the architect who can't stay.

by Dani Trujillo 2023

3.87

315 ratings

🏗️ Workplace Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Grieving Heroine

Abroad in Japan

by Chris Broad • 2023

He went to rural Japan to teach English. A missile alert at dawn changed everything.

4.11

23k+

🏞️ Rural Japan 📚 Teaching Abroad 🍜 Japanese Food

Abroad in Japan 85%

He went to rural Japan to teach English. A missile alert at dawn changed everything.

by Chris Broad 2023

4.11

23k+ ratings

🏞️ Rural Japan 📚 Teaching Abroad 🍜 Japanese Food

BOOM

by Tony Horwitz • 2014

From oil sands to Gulf Coast: a pipeline route where roughnecks, strippers, and ranchers collide.

3.89

713

🛢️ Energy Politics 🏭 Oil Industry 📰 Narrative Journalism

BOOM 85%

From oil sands to Gulf Coast: a pipeline route where roughnecks, strippers, and ranchers collide.

by Tony Horwitz 2014

3.89

713 ratings

🛢️ Energy Politics 🏭 Oil Industry 📰 Narrative Journalism

Rowing the Atlantic

by Roz Savage • 2009

How three thousand miles alone on the Atlantic rewired one woman's relationship with fear.

4.02

456

🧭 Solo Expeditions 💪 Extreme Endurance 🌊 Ocean Crossings

Rowing the Atlantic 85%

How three thousand miles alone on the Atlantic rewired one woman's relationship with fear.

by Roz Savage 2009

4.02

456 ratings

🧭 Solo Expeditions 💪 Extreme Endurance 🌊 Ocean Crossings

The New Penguin History of Canada

by Robert Bothwell • 2006

How French and British rivalry, a vast unforgiving land, and an accidental border forged Canada.

3.59

413

🍁 Canadian History 📚 National Histories ⚔️ Imperial Rivalry

The New Penguin History of Canada Summary

The New Penguin History of Canada 85%

How French and British rivalry, a vast unforgiving land, and an accidental border forged Canada.

by Robert Bothwell 2006

3.59

413 ratings

🍁 Canadian History 📚 National Histories ⚔️ Imperial Rivalry

Imagine a City

by Mark Vanhoenacker • 2022

A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.

3.65

422

🏙️ Urban Travel Writing ✈️ Aviation Memoirs 🧭 Sense Of Place

Imagine a City 85%

A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.

by Mark Vanhoenacker 2022

3.65

422 ratings

🏙️ Urban Travel Writing ✈️ Aviation Memoirs 🧭 Sense Of Place

The Battle for Paradise

by Naomi Klein • 2018

After Maria, corporate profiteers and community visionaries race to shape Puerto Rico's future.

4.23

3k+

🌴 Caribbean Colonialism 🌪️ Disaster Justice 💰 Austerity Politics

The Battle for Paradise 85%

After Maria, corporate profiteers and community visionaries race to shape Puerto Rico's future.

by Naomi Klein 2018

4.23

3k+ ratings

🌴 Caribbean Colonialism 🌪️ Disaster Justice 💰 Austerity Politics

Happier Than A Billionaire

by Nadine Hays Pisani • 2011

What two burnt-out chiropractors discovered in Costa Rica: bat caves, monkeys, and a weird dog lady.

3.89

2k+

🧳 Expat Memoirs 🌎 Cultural Immersion ⏬ Downshifting

Happier Than A Billionaire 85%

What two burnt-out chiropractors discovered in Costa Rica: bat caves, monkeys, and a weird dog lady.

by Nadine Hays Pisani 2011

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧳 Expat Memoirs 🌎 Cultural Immersion ⏬ Downshifting

The Sunset Route

by Carrot Quinn • 2021

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

4.16

2k+

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles

The Sunset Route 85%

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

by Carrot Quinn 2021

4.16

2k+ ratings

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles

I'll Never Write My Memoirs

by Grace Jones • 2015

How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.

3.76

2k+

🎤 Music Memoirs 👗 Fashion And Style 🦋 Self Invention

I'll Never Write My Memoirs 85%

How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.

by Grace Jones 2015

3.76

2k+ ratings

🎤 Music Memoirs 👗 Fashion And Style 🦋 Self Invention

Tupaia

by Joan Druett • 2010

The navigator who made Cook's Pacific voyage possible spent two centuries erased from the story.

4.25

201

🗺️ Pacific Exploration 🌊 Polynesian Wayfinding ⛵ Age Of Sail

Tupaia 85%

The navigator who made Cook's Pacific voyage possible spent two centuries erased from the story.

by Joan Druett 2010

4.25

201 ratings

🗺️ Pacific Exploration 🌊 Polynesian Wayfinding ⛵ Age Of Sail

Forgiveness

by Mark Sakamoto • 2014

One grandfather survived a Japanese POW camp. One grandmother, internment. Their kids married.

4.00

5k+

🏕️ Japanese Internment 📖 Multigenerational Memoir 🪖 Pow Survival

Forgiveness 85%

One grandfather survived a Japanese POW camp. One grandmother, internment. Their kids married.

by Mark Sakamoto 2014

4.00

5k+ ratings

🏕️ Japanese Internment 📖 Multigenerational Memoir 🪖 Pow Survival

A Life in Nature

by Marc Hamer • 2019

A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.

4.16

2k+

🌿 Nature Memoir 🇬🇧 British Countryside 🐾 Animal Ethics

A Life in Nature 85%

A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.

by Marc Hamer 2019

4.16

2k+ ratings

🌿 Nature Memoir 🇬🇧 British Countryside 🐾 Animal Ethics

Tauhou

by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall • 2023

Two Indigenous women, an ocean apart, discover their ancestors have been meeting without them.

3.97

720

🪶 Indigenous Literature 📖 Postcolonial Fiction ✨ Experimental Form

Tauhou 85%

Two Indigenous women, an ocean apart, discover their ancestors have been meeting without them.

by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall 2023

3.97

720 ratings

🪶 Indigenous Literature 📖 Postcolonial Fiction ✨ Experimental Form

Solo

by Hazel Phillips • 2022

Excluded from alpine circles, she tramped NZ's backcountry solo. The risk was never the mountain.

3.58

198

🥾 Solo Backpacking 🇳🇿 New Zealand 📖 Adventure Memoirs

Solo 85%

Excluded from alpine circles, she tramped NZ's backcountry solo. The risk was never the mountain.

by Hazel Phillips 2022

3.58

198 ratings

🥾 Solo Backpacking 🇳🇿 New Zealand 📖 Adventure Memoirs

The Almost Nearly Perfect People

by Michael Booth • 2014

The Nordic countries top happiness rankings. Here's what the rankings don't tell you.

3.86

12k+

🌍 Nordic Countries 🏛️ Welfare State 🤝 Immigration Integration

The Almost Nearly Perfect People Summary

The Almost Nearly Perfect People 85%

The Nordic countries top happiness rankings. Here's what the rankings don't tell you.

by Michael Booth 2014

3.86

12k+ ratings

🌍 Nordic Countries 🏛️ Welfare State 🤝 Immigration Integration

Lives of Girls and Women

by Alice Munro • 1971

Del Jordan grows up watching women's lives in rural Ontario and resolves to write her own.

3.94

16k+

🖇️ Linked Stories 🏡 Small Town Coming Of Age 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Tension

Lives of Girls and Women 85%

Del Jordan grows up watching women's lives in rural Ontario and resolves to write her own.

by Alice Munro 1971

3.94

16k+ ratings

🖇️ Linked Stories 🏡 Small Town Coming Of Age 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Tension

Finnie Walsh

by Steven Galloway • 2000

A mill-town friendship, sealed on ice and haunted by the afternoon that stole a father's arm.

3.67

275

🍁 Small Town Canada 🏒 Hockey Fiction 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship

Finnie Walsh 85%

A mill-town friendship, sealed on ice and haunted by the afternoon that stole a father's arm.

by Steven Galloway 2000

3.67

275 ratings

🍁 Small Town Canada 🏒 Hockey Fiction 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship

We Have Always Been Here

by Samra Habib • 2019

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

4.16

20k+

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir

We Have Always Been Here 85%

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

by Samra Habib 2019

4.16

20k+ ratings

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir

Red Paint

by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe • 2022

Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.

4.12

3k+

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

Red Paint 85%

Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.

by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022

4.12

3k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

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