Rakuten Kobo

Shopping Cart

Item(s) unavailable for purchase

Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.

itemsitem

- Includes eBooks
  
  Includes audiobooks
  
  Includes 30 hours of listening time
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Includes eBooks
  
  Includes audiobooks
  
  Includes 30 hours of listening time
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  Audiobook
  by ,
  
  Available:
  
  . No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.
  
  Pre-order
  1 audiobook monthly
  
  + FREE 30-day trial
  
  Special Offer
  
  Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice
  
  *No commitment, cancel anytime
  
  FREE

itemsitem

Includes eBooks

Includes audiobooks

Includes 30 hours of listening time

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Includes eBooks

Includes audiobooks

Includes 30 hours of listening time

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
Audiobook
by ,

Available:
. No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.

Pre-order
1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Special Offer

Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice

*No commitment, cancel anytime

FREE

Recommended For You

Skip side bar filters

Gaining Ground

'A life-changing book' (Samantha Harvey)

by Joan Barfoot ...

*'A LITERARY SENSATION: THE MUST-READ OF THE SUMMER' ( OBSERVER)*'Thrillingly original . . . A landmark' Anne Enright'An intricately, perfectly mapped journey into self-liberation . . . It will stay with me for the rest of my days' Samantha Harvey'One of the great novels of the twentieth century . . . Absolutely stunning' Max Porter'Wildly original . . . Beneath the radical disquiet is... ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Also available as: Audiobook

*'A LITERARY SENSATION: THE MUST-READ OF THE SUMMER' ( OBSERVER)*'Thrillingly original . . . A landmark' Anne Enright'An intricately, perfectly mapped journey into self-liberation . . . It will stay with me for the rest of my days' Samantha Harvey'One of the great novels of the twentieth century . . . Absolutely stunning' Max Porter'Wildly original . . . Beneath the radical disquiet is...
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Duet for Three

by Joan Barfoot ...

Aggie is 80, overweight, rebellious, and contrary. Her daughter June is strict, burdened, and resentful. When Aggie’s body begins to betray her in particularly difficult ways, June becomes even more overwhelmed and bitter – and begins to plot a route to her own freedom.The two are coming to the end of a lifetime of being at odds, but what sort of end will it be? The prospect of a nursing home ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Aggie is 80, overweight, rebellious, and contrary. Her daughter June is strict, burdened, and resentful. When Aggie’s body begins to betray her in particularly difficult ways, June becomes even more overwhelmed and bitter – and begins to plot a route to her own freedom.The two are coming to the end of a lifetime of being at odds, but what sort of end will it be? The prospect of a nursing home
... Read more
Some Things About Flying

by Joan Barfoot ...

For the very first time, middle-aged lovers Lila and Tom are going on a proper getaway, flying overseas for a few anonymous days of being together. Tom is married, Lila is not, so a real holiday isn’t the sort of thing that’s possible at home.The much-anticipated journey is supposed to be a treat, a kind of suspension of time in their real lives and their otherwise complicated relationship. But ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

For the very first time, middle-aged lovers Lila and Tom are going on a proper getaway, flying overseas for a few anonymous days of being together. Tom is married, Lila is not, so a real holiday isn’t the sort of thing that’s possible at home.The much-anticipated journey is supposed to be a treat, a kind of suspension of time in their real lives and their otherwise complicated relationship. But
... Read more
Getting over Edgar

by Joan Barfoot ...

Gwen Stone's life takes an abrupt nosedive when Edgar, her husband of twenty years, decides he isn't suited to marriage and leaves her for freedom and the cliché of a shiny new red convertible. But Edgar's own life takes a considerably worse nosedive when he and his new car are mowed down at a level crossing by a passenger train, shocking Gwen once again. Moments after Edgar's very funny funeral, ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Gwen Stone's life takes an abrupt nosedive when Edgar, her husband of twenty years, decides he isn't suited to marriage and leaves her for freedom and the cliché of a shiny new red convertible. But Edgar's own life takes a considerably worse nosedive when he and his new car are mowed down at a level crossing by a passenger train, shocking Gwen once again. Moments after Edgar's very funny funeral,
... Read more
Charlotte and Claudia Keeping in Touch

by Joan Barfoot ...

One old woman crouches in a hedge, spying on a long-ago married lover. The other is the recent widow of a lifelong philanderer. Charlotte and Claudia have had quite different lives, one a single career social worker, the other a married career mother, but they've been friends since their youth, with the sort of bone-deep affection that comes of decades-long knowledge. Now at seventy, they're ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

One old woman crouches in a hedge, spying on a long-ago married lover. The other is the recent widow of a lifelong philanderer. Charlotte and Claudia have had quite different lives, one a single career social worker, the other a married career mother, but they've been friends since their youth, with the sort of bone-deep affection that comes of decades-long knowledge. Now at seventy, they're
... Read more
Critical Injuries

by Joan Barfoot ...

From the author of the Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Luck comes the Man Booker Prize nominated Critical Injuries.Isla and her second husband Lyle are heading out in Lyle’s truck for a celebratory ice cream treat. Teenaged Roddy is finally carrying out a plan he sees leading to a new, more hopeful life away from his hometown.They’ve never met. After a catastrophic first marriage, Isla is ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

From the author of the Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Luck comes the Man Booker Prize nominated Critical Injuries.Isla and her second husband Lyle are heading out in Lyle’s truck for a celebratory ice cream treat. Teenaged Roddy is finally carrying out a plan he sees leading to a new, more hopeful life away from his hometown.They’ve never met. After a catastrophic first marriage, Isla is
... Read more
Luck

by Joan Barfoot ...

**NOMINATED FOR THE 2005 GILLER PRIZE"Luck took me right out of myself—I read it in one gulp, and it never let me down. Sharp and surprising.” —Alice Munro**From the author of Gaining Ground, a darkly funny tale of three ostracized women bound together by a sudden and uneventful death.One night, Philip Lawrence—forty-six, loud, and boisterous—dies in his sleep. It’s a dull evening otherwise.Nora ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

**NOMINATED FOR THE 2005 GILLER PRIZE"Luck took me right out of myself—I read it in one gulp, and it never let me down. Sharp and surprising.” —Alice Munro**From the author of Gaining Ground, a darkly funny tale of three ostracized women bound together by a sudden and uneventful death.One night, Philip Lawrence—forty-six, loud, and boisterous—dies in his sleep. It’s a dull evening otherwise.Nora
... Read more
Family News

by Joan Barfoot ...

Susannah is a journalist who considers herself something of a war correspondent from the front lines of domestic distress. Teddy, an ex-lover, is an artist and a protester on behalf of causes of peace — and the man Susannah chooses to father the child she wants. That turns out to be Lizzie, now 13 and a sort of wise child, who's beginning to figure out her own ideas and desires. As all three ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Susannah is a journalist who considers herself something of a war correspondent from the front lines of domestic distress. Teddy, an ex-lover, is an artist and a protester on behalf of causes of peace — and the man Susannah chooses to father the child she wants. That turns out to be Lizzie, now 13 and a sort of wise child, who's beginning to figure out her own ideas and desires. As all three
... Read more
Exit Lines

by Joan Barfoot ...

**“Biting, sly, sardonic. . . Exit Lines is shot through with pathos, poignancy and insights about aging on virtually every page.” —The GazetteA subversive and deeply compassionate story of reaching for autonomy at the end of life, by the celebrated author of Gaining Ground.**The ageing and deep-pocketed residents of the Idyll Inn all have one thing in common: they’ve been left to live out the ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

**“Biting, sly, sardonic. . . Exit Lines is shot through with pathos, poignancy and insights about aging on virtually every page.” —The GazetteA subversive and deeply compassionate story of reaching for autonomy at the end of life, by the celebrated author of Gaining Ground.**The ageing and deep-pocketed residents of the Idyll Inn all have one thing in common: they’ve been left to live out the
... Read more
Plain Jane

by Joan Barfoot ...

What sort of woman sees an ad for a prison penpal and sets out to correspond with a convict she knows nothing of? It seems an unlikely number of women do exactly that in real life. In fiction, one of them is Jane Smith, an unusually withdrawn but otherwise unremarkable library clerk, who is propelled, for reasons she doesn't pause to identify, to begin a correspondence with a stranger named Brian ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

What sort of woman sees an ad for a prison penpal and sets out to correspond with a convict she knows nothing of? It seems an unlikely number of women do exactly that in real life. In fiction, one of them is Jane Smith, an unusually withdrawn but otherwise unremarkable library clerk, who is propelled, for reasons she doesn't pause to identify, to begin a correspondence with a stranger named Brian
... Read more
Audiobook

Audiobook

Gaining Ground

'A life-changing book' (Samantha Harvey)

by Joan Barfoot ...

Narrated by Kate Besworth ...

Unabridged

9 hours 16 min

*'A LITERARY SENSATION: THE MUST-READ OF THE SUMMER' ( OBSERVER)*'Thrillingly original . . . A landmark' Anne Enright'It will stay with me for the rest of my days' Samantha Harvey'One of the great novels of the twentieth century . . . Stunning' Max PorterI swear I loved them all, and I did the best I could. And then I left them, left all of it.Abra ha... ... Read more

$42.99 CAD

Also available as: eBook

*'A LITERARY SENSATION: THE MUST-READ OF THE SUMMER' ( OBSERVER)*'Thrillingly original . . . A landmark' Anne Enright'It will stay with me for the rest of my days' Samantha Harvey'One of the great novels of the twentieth century . . . Stunning' Max PorterI swear I loved them all, and I did the best I could. And then I left them, left all of it.Abra ha...
... Read more

Also available as: eBook

Audiobook

Audiobook

The Matchbox Girl

Winner of the 2026 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

by Alice Jolly ...

Narrated by Rosina Aichner ...

Unabridged

15 hours 45 min

Bloomsbury presents The Matchbox Girl by Alice Jolly, read by Rosina Aichner**WINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026**From the multi-award-winning author – a beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel telling the story of a young girl’s battle for survival and search for the truth in occupied Vienna‘A shimmering masterwork’ Alice Austen‘An ex... ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Also available as: eBook

Bloomsbury presents The Matchbox Girl by Alice Jolly, read by Rosina Aichner**WINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026**From the multi-award-winning author – a beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel telling the story of a young girl’s battle for survival and search for the truth in occupied Vienna‘A shimmering masterwork’ Alice Austen‘An ex...
... Read more

Also available as: eBook

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

What is Kobo Super Points?

Reward Yourself

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

“joan barfoot”

Gaining Ground

Duet for Three

Some Things About Flying

Getting over Edgar

Charlotte and Claudia Keeping in Touch

Critical Injuries

Luck

Family News

Exit Lines

Plain Jane

Gaining Ground

People who read these also enjoyed

The Matchbox Girl

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

“joan barfoot”

Show:

People who read these also enjoyed