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  • Evangeline's Journey

    A Novel

    by Cathie Pelletier ...
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem “Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie,” tells the fictional story of a seventeen-year-old girl who searches for Gabriel, her lost love, amid the 1755 expulsion of the Acadians from maritime Canada.Now, acclaimed novelist Cathie Pelletier, descended from Acadians herself, adapts the story with a more modern sensibility and retells it in novel form for readers of all ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Quite the Girl

    The Cold Case of Stephanie Casberg and Life in a World of Murder

    by Cathie Pelletier ...
    Six decades after a Milwaukee girl was found murdered, the case remains open in the hopes that her killer might still be found.On a summer’s night in 1969, Stephanie Casberg finished her waitress shift at Marc’s Big Boy. She was a beautiful girl with auburn hair who had just graduated from high school. In four days, she would turn eighteen. Her dream of finding an apartment and buying a GTO ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

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  • Running the Bulls

    A Novel

    by Cathie Pelletier ...
    2006 Paterson Prize for Fiction"That master juggler of literary tears and laughter is at it again: Cathie Pelletier's Running the Bulls is a ribald, ruminating, and redemptive read."—Wally Lamb, author of She's Come UndoneIn small-town Maine, unhappily retired Howard Woods is shaken awake one morning by his wife, who confesses to a devastating affair. Unable to forgive his wife, Howard sets out on ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Northeaster

    A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

    by Cathie Pelletier ...
    A vivid and gripping story of an epic Maine snowstorm that tested the very limits of human endurance.For many, the past few years have been defined by climate disaster. Stories about once-in-a-lifetime hurricanes, floods, fires, droughts and even snowstorms are now commonplace. But dramatic weather events are not new and Northeaster, Cathie Pelletier’s breathtaking account of the 1952 snowstorm ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Beaming Sonny Home

    A Novel

    by Cathie Pelletier ...
    "The sharp-tongued Mattie...is one of Pelletier's most sublime creations."—BooklistFortune hasn't been kind to 66-year-old Mattie Gifford. Her mother committed suicide, her husband slept with her best friend, and she can't stand her three selfish daughters. But she does love her son, Sonny, who nevertheless plunges her into deep despair when he takes two women and a poodle hostage in his ex-wife's ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • A Wedding on the Banks

    A Novel

    by Cathie Pelletier ...
    Another bawdy, poetic, crazy quilt of a book..." —The New York Times Book ReviewAmy Joy Lawler, the last of Mattagash, Maine's founding clan, just announced her engagement to Jean Claude Cloutier—an outsider! Now the typically tranquil backcountry town is buzzing with the news and everyone is gleefully anticipating the social event of the year.As the guests roll in, Amy Joy's scandalized mother ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Funeral Makers

    by Cathie Pelletier ...
    "A crazy, rollicking whoop of a book, written with a poet's sensibility and deeply wacky down-home wisdom."—Lee Smith, author of The Last GirlsA century after the impulsive McKinnon brothers set out to tame the Canadian wilderness and instead landed in Mattagash, Maine, their madcap legacy reigns supreme. It's 1959, and Pearl and Sicily McKinnon have gathered to plan a funeral for Marge, their ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Weight of Winter

    A Novel

    by Cathie Pelletier ...
    Winner of the New England Book Award"Cathie Pelletier generates the sort of excitement that only writers at the very top of their form can provide."—Stephen KingWelcome to Mattagash, Maine, a small, quirky town where everyone's personal lives are as entwined as their family trees. On the day of the first snowfall, the residents brace themselves for the long winter ahead. Mere survival will be hard ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • A Year After Henry

    A Novel

    by Cathie Pelletier ...
    "Nobody walks the knife-edge of hilarity and heartbreak more confidently than Pelletier."—Richard RussoIn her exquisite new novel, acclaimed author Cathie Pelletier presents a witty and refreshingly candid portrait of grief, intergenerational conflict, and the impact one person can have on those he loved.Bixley, Maine. One year after Henry Munroe's fatal heart attack at age forty-one, his doting ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Bubble Reputation

    A Novel

    by Cathie Pelletier ...
    Rosemary O'Neal lived for eight years with William, in a rambling country house in Maine. Then William committed suicide on a trip to London, leaving her with questions, anger, and no way to say goodbye. When her zany family descends on the house, bringing a tidal wave of casseroles and their own petty problems, Rosemary retreats with her cat from the chaos of the world around them. (Her cat ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • A Marriage Made at Woodstock

    A Novel

    by Cathie Pelletier ...
    Fred and Lorraine Stone met at the famous Woodstock music festival in upstate New York. And as all couples must, they grew up– just not in the same direction. Now in their forties, Fred has become Frederick, a sell-out accountant whose last vestige of his free-wheeling years is a vegetarian diet. Meanwhile, Lorraine, who now goes by the name Chandra (Sanskrit for changeable), has morphed into a ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The One-Way Bridge

    A Novel

    by Cathie Pelletier ...
    "Cathie Pelletier is one of my favorite novelists, and she's at the top of her game with The One-Way Bridge."—Wally Lamb, author of She's Come UndoneIn her highly anticipated new novel, acclaimed literary master Cathie Pelletier returns to Mattagash, Maine, the beloved New England town where it all started.Welcome to Mattagash, the last town in the middle of the northern Maine wilderness. The road ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD