Large Print Books 2008 - Toronto Public Library

tranquility in her life is short-lived, however, when her
aunt drowns under mysterious circumstances.
Bates, Judy Fong, 1949-
Midnight at the dragon cafe
Su-Jen Chou, a Chinese immigrant growing up in 1950s
Ontario, finds herself shouldering the weight of her
mother's hopes and dreams as her isolated family
attempts to forge a life for themselves in a small town.
Bennett, Alan
The uncommon reader
The "uncommon reader" is none other than Her Majesty
the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her
corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham
Palace. She reads widely and intelligently. Her reading
naturally changes her world view and her relationship with
people.
Bennett, Anne.
To have and to hold
Set in Ireland and Birmingham, this is a saga of a nurse
who only wants to do her duty in World War Two - and
who ends up having to make an agonising choice.
Berg, Elizabeth.
The day I ate whatever I wanted : and other small
acts of liberation
Every now and then, right in the middle of an ordinary
day, a woman rebels, kicks up her heels, and commits a
small act of liberation. What would you do, if you were
going to break out and away? Imagine that the people in
these wonderful stories--who do all of these things and
more--are asking you: What would you do, if nobody was
looking?
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