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The Forgotten Home Child
- Auteur(s): Genevieve Graham
- Narrateur(s): Alana Kerr Collins, James Langton
- Durée: 10 h et 33 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 226
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 198
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 199
At 97 years old, Winnifred Ellis knows she doesn’t have much time left, and it is almost a relief to realize that once she is gone, the truth about her shameful past will die with her. But when her great-grandson Jamie, the spitting image of her dear late husband, asks about his family tree, Winnifred can’t lie any longer, even if it means breaking a promise she made so long ago....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow what a powerful story
- Écrit par Alexis Hester le 2021-01-30
- The Forgotten Home Child
- Auteur(s): Genevieve Graham
- Narrateur(s): Alana Kerr Collins, James Langton
Cheesy and predictable
Évalué le: 2020-05-01
this book has a lot of interesting information in it about the british home children in canada. the story could have been so much more. It was so cheesy. and the narrators were very irritating. I struggled to get through it.
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Indian Horse
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Richard Wagamese
- Narrateur(s): Jason Ryll
- Durée: 6 h et 51 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 3 586
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3 198
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 3 198
Saul Indian Horse is in critical condition. Sitting feeble in an alcoholism treatment facility, he is told that sharing his story will help relieve his agony. Though skeptical, he embarks on a heartbreaking journey from the present - and into the woods of Northern Ontario, where his life began in a snowy Ojibway camp. The tale that follows is one of great pain and great determination from Richard Wagamese, an author who "never seems to waste a shot" ( New York Times).
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heart wrenching and Humbling
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2018-11-11
- Indian Horse
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Richard Wagamese
- Narrateur(s): Jason Ryll
a life changer
Évalué le: 2020-02-01
just beautiful and heartbreaking and incredibly well-written. I saw the movie but the book is a thousand times better. this story will stay with me for a long, long time.
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The Woo-Woo
- How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family
- Auteur(s): Lindsay Wong
- Narrateur(s): Eunice Wong
- Durée: 9 h et 52 min
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Au global4 out of 5 stars 318
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 286
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars 287
In this jaw-dropping, darkly comedic memoir, a young woman comes of age in a dysfunctional Asian family whose members blamed their woes on ghosts and demons when in fact they should have been on antipsychotic meds.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unforgettable
- Écrit par Sierra Skye le 2018-11-28
- The Woo-Woo
- How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family
- Auteur(s): Lindsay Wong
- Narrateur(s): Eunice Wong
amazing!
Évalué le: 2019-06-26
I just loved this book. couldn't stop listening. so funny yet heartbreaking too. fantastic narration. thank you for sharing your story!
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The Home for Unwanted Girls
- Auteur(s): Joanna Goodman
- Narrateur(s): Saskia Maarleveld
- Durée: 9 h et 58 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 1 113
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1 000
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 996
In 1950s Quebec, French and English tolerate each other with precarious civility - much like Maggie Hughes' parents. Maggie's English-speaking father has ambitions for his daughter that don't include marriage to the poor French boy on the next farm over. But Maggie's heart is captured by Gabriel Phénix. When she becomes pregnant at 15, her parents force her to give baby Elodie up for adoption and get her life "back on track".
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3 out of 5 stars
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Being Picky
- Écrit par Susan le 2019-09-03
- The Home for Unwanted Girls
- Auteur(s): Joanna Goodman
- Narrateur(s): Saskia Maarleveld
couldn't stop listening
Évalué le: 2018-10-30
loved this book full of fact and fiction. a powerful story about a quebecois family and duplessis' horrible decision to convert orphanages to asylums in the 50s.
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Women Talking
- Auteur(s): Miriam Toews
- Narrateur(s): Matthew Edison
- Durée: 5 h et 57 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 520
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 450
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 452
The sun rises on a quiet June morning in 2009. August Epp sits alone in the hayloft of a barn, anxiously bent over his notebook. Eight women - ordinary grandmothers, mothers, and teenagers; yet to August, each one extraordinary - will climb the ladder into the loft, and the day's true task will begin. This task will be both simple and subversive: August, like the women, is a traditional Mennonite, and he has been asked to record a secret conversation. They have 48 hours to make a life-altering choice on behalf of all the women and children in the colony.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Painful subject, frustrating to listen to..
- Écrit par c johnston le 2018-11-12
- Women Talking
- Auteur(s): Miriam Toews
- Narrateur(s): Matthew Edison
zzzzz
Évalué le: 2018-09-19
this is one of the most boring books I have ever read and I was so excited to read it. absolutely nothing happens. I held.on until about 3/4 through expecting some kind of excitement. very disappointing.
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Forgiveness
- A Gift from My Grandparents
- Auteur(s): Mark Sakamoto
- Narrateur(s): Geoff Sugiyama
- Durée: 7 h et 41 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 386
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 351
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 352
When the Second World War broke out, Ralph MacLean chose to escape his troubled life on the Magdalen Islands in eastern Canada and volunteer to serve his country overseas. Meanwhile, in Vancouver, Mitsue Sakamoto saw her family and her stable community torn apart after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Canada picked wrong
- Écrit par Justin Sim le 2018-05-31
- Forgiveness
- A Gift from My Grandparents
- Auteur(s): Mark Sakamoto
- Narrateur(s): Geoff Sugiyama
I loved it.!
Évalué le: 2018-04-14
my heart is so full after this beautiful memoir to Sakamoto's grandparents. good pick, Canada reads!!!
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