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Beach read
The Continuity Girl
Leah McLaren
Meredith Moore is the perfect continuity girl.
An on-set film script supervisor, it is her job to
make sure every frame of the picture is consistent
with the one before. She is the error catcher. The
needle-in-the-haystack finder. A cigarette in the
left hand when it should be in the right, a
prematurely melted ice cube in a half-empty glass
of Scotch, a stray lock of an actor’s hair-these are
the details by which she measures out her life.
But when Meredith wakes up on the morning of
her 35th birthday yearning for a baby, her
personal sense of continuity is thrown into flux.
Determined not to marry, she impulsively flees
to London. Her covert plan: to become a Sperm
Bandit and find an unsuspecting donor to father
her child.
Navigating London’s murky social waters,
Meredith is thrown into a strange new story,
one that quickly spins out of control. In her
quest to get pregnant on her own terms, she will
accidentally uncover a web of secrets that will
change the way she envisions both her working
life and the nature of love.
An instant bestseller when released last year in
paperback, Globe & Mail columnist Leah
McLaren’s first novel is the thinking girl’s
perfect beach read—or the perfect read for the
man who wants to know what the thinking
girl is really thinking.
Memoir
The Man Who Forgot How
to Read
Howard Engel
One hot mid-summer morning, bestselling
crime novelist Howard Engel got up to fetch
his morning paper and discovered he could no
longer read it. Overnight, while he slept, Engel
had experienced a stroke, and now suffered
from a rare condition called alexia sine
agraphia. While he could still write, he could
no longer read. As soon as he committed a
word to the page, it appeared to him to be in
some kind of alien cipher. Street signs, soupcan
labels, billboards, even his own street
address were transformed into unintelligible
symbols. Desperate, he contacted famed
neurologist Oliver Sacks, who became
transfixed by his unusual case.
This extraordinary memoir traces Engel’s
journey through this life-changing episode.
Despite the devastation of his disability and
the almost certain loss of his career, Engel
prepares to reconcile himself to his new life.
An absorbingly detailed and uplifting story,
filled with sly wit and candid insights, The
Man Who Forgot How to Read is a mesmerizing
and ultimately hopeful story about identity,
loss, and being.
Entertaining
Instant Entertaining
Donna Hay
Following on the worldwide success of her last book, The Instant Cook,
Donna Hay is back with fresh, easy-to-follow recipes and clever styling
ideas for entertaining family and friends. From an impromptu weeknight
dinner-for-two to a celebration for twelve, instant entertaining is
everything you need to make your occasion an instant success, whether
it’s a weeknight, the weekend, special occasion, brunch, barbecue or find
yourself pressed for time.
Health
The Bone Building Solution
Sam Graci, Dr. Carolyn DeMarco, Dr. Leticia Rao
Osteoporosis is a major health threat already affecting an estimated 44
million Americans—and not just the elderly. Written by three respected
health experts, The Bone-Building Solution is a comprehensive guide to
building bone health from the teen years on, and even suggests solutions
to help reversing of existing conditions of osteopenia and osteoporosis.
Based on recommendations in the 2005 Surgeon General’s Report, this is
an accessible, upbeat guide that helps identify osteoporosis risk factors and
provides practical guidance on essential supplements, exercise, nutrition,
and the important relationship between healthy bones and a healthy heart.