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Forgiveness

A Gift from My Grandparents

by Mark Sakamoto ...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERWhen 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.Like many young Canadian soldiers, Ralph was captured by the Japanese ... Read more

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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERWhen 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.Like many young Canadian soldiers, Ralph was captured by the Japanese
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Shizue's Path

by Mark Sakamoto ...

Illustrated by Rachel Wada ...

A war from far across the ocean washed up onto our new country’s shore.I wish that I could skip this chapter of the story, darling. Just as you may want to skip parts of your own life story in time. But, you see, one mustn’t do that. You need to know your darkness to know your light.And I can see so much light in you.So I’ll keep going through the dark.Fra... ... Read more

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A war from far across the ocean washed up onto our new country’s shore.I wish that I could skip this chapter of the story, darling. Just as you may want to skip parts of your own life story in time. But, you see, one mustn’t do that. You need to know your darkness to know your light.And I can see so much light in you.So I’ll keep going through the dark.Fra...
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Forgiveness

by Hiro Kanagawa, Mark Sakamoto ...

Mitsue Sakamoto and Ralph MacLean both suffered tremendous loss during WWII: Mitsue as a survivor of a Japanese Canadian internment camp, and Ralph as a prisoner in a Japanese POW camp. In order to rebuild their lives and their families after the war, Ralph and Mitsue must find the grace and generosity necessary to forgive those who have wronged them. Their paths eventually cross in 1968 when ... Read more

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Mitsue Sakamoto and Ralph MacLean both suffered tremendous loss during WWII: Mitsue as a survivor of a Japanese Canadian internment camp, and Ralph as a prisoner in a Japanese POW camp. In order to rebuild their lives and their families after the war, Ralph and Mitsue must find the grace and generosity necessary to forgive those who have wronged them. Their paths eventually cross in 1968 when
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Indian Arm

by Hiro Kanagawa ...

Rita and Alfred Allmers live in an isolated family cabin on native leasehold land overlooking Indian Arm, a still untamed glacial fjord just north of Vancouver, BC. With Alfred—a formerly promising novelist—now struggling with his latest work, Rita has been tasked with caring for their adopted son Wolfie, a sensitive First Nations teen who has been designated as “special needs” for much of his ... Read more

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Rita and Alfred Allmers live in an isolated family cabin on native leasehold land overlooking Indian Arm, a still untamed glacial fjord just north of Vancouver, BC. With Alfred—a formerly promising novelist—now struggling with his latest work, Rita has been tasked with caring for their adopted son Wolfie, a sensitive First Nations teen who has been designated as “special needs” for much of his
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CBC's Canada Reads Backstage Pass

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by Rakuten Kobo ...

Narrated by Tahmoh Penikett, Omar El-Akkad, Mozdah Jamalzadah, Sharon Bala, Jully Black, Cherie Dimaline, Greg Johnson, Craig Davidson, Jeanne Beker, Mark Sakamoto ...

Unabridged

56 min

Welcome to your behind-the-scenes pass to CBC's Canada Reads.Kobo’s very own Tracy Nesdoly will guide you through a series of interviews with the authors and panelists of this year’s battle of the books. Join us as we navigate through these eye-opening reads—books that challenge assumptions, dismantle difference, and change how we treat one another. This is the perfect complement to the debates, a ... Read more

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Welcome to your behind-the-scenes pass to CBC's Canada Reads.Kobo’s very own Tracy Nesdoly will guide you through a series of interviews with the authors and panelists of this year’s battle of the books. Join us as we navigate through these eye-opening reads—books that challenge assumptions, dismantle difference, and change how we treat one another. This is the perfect complement to the debates, a
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The Patron Saint of Stanley Park

by Hiro Kanagawa ...

Siblings Josh and Jennifer are coping with the loss of their father, who disappeared in a float plane accident on Christmas Eve one year ago. While Josh scours the Internet for proof that his father is still alive, Jennifer rebels against his denial and their mother Marcia's efforts to return the family to normalcy. When Marcia insists that Josh and Jennifer spend Christmas Eve with relatives, the ... Read more

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Siblings Josh and Jennifer are coping with the loss of their father, who disappeared in a float plane accident on Christmas Eve one year ago. While Josh scours the Internet for proof that his father is still alive, Jennifer rebels against his denial and their mother Marcia's efforts to return the family to normalcy. When Marcia insists that Josh and Jennifer spend Christmas Eve with relatives, the
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My Name is Bridget

The Untold Story of Bridget Dolan and the Tuam Mother and Baby Home

by Alison O'Reilly ...

In 1946, twenty-six-year-old Bridget Dolan walked up the path to the front door of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home. Alone and pregnant, she was following in the footsteps of more than a century's worth of lost souls. Shunned by society for her sins and offered no comfort for her pain, Bridget gave birth to a boy, John, who died at the home in a horrendous state of neglect less than two years later. ... Read more

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In 1946, twenty-six-year-old Bridget Dolan walked up the path to the front door of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home. Alone and pregnant, she was following in the footsteps of more than a century's worth of lost souls. Shunned by society for her sins and offered no comfort for her pain, Bridget gave birth to a boy, John, who died at the home in a horrendous state of neglect less than two years later.
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Portrait of a Reader

by Rakuten Kobo ...

It’s Rakuten Kobo’s tenth anniversary. Ten years since a maverick group of about 20 people tucked inside the retailer Indigo came up with an audacious idea to take on some of the biggest digital players in the world to offer booklovers the opportunity to read digitally. As booklovers themselves, they believed they could make reading lives better, and wanted to serve readers around the world. Few ... Read more

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It’s Rakuten Kobo’s tenth anniversary. Ten years since a maverick group of about 20 people tucked inside the retailer Indigo came up with an audacious idea to take on some of the biggest digital players in the world to offer booklovers the opportunity to read digitally. As booklovers themselves, they believed they could make reading lives better, and wanted to serve readers around the world. Few
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Let me tell you a story

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by Rakuten Kobo ...

Narrated by Jim Dale ...

Unabridged

3 min

Let me tell you a story. Do you remember when you first fell in love with reading? Well you weren't really reading, were you? No, your passion for books began quite another way. It was listening, wasn't it? To a story. Yes; your love of reading got started when you were being read to. Could there be any six words that have more anticipation behind them than: "Let me tell you a story."Introducing ... Read more

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Let me tell you a story. Do you remember when you first fell in love with reading? Well you weren't really reading, were you? No, your passion for books began quite another way. It was listening, wasn't it? To a story. Yes; your love of reading got started when you were being read to. Could there be any six words that have more anticipation behind them than: "Let me tell you a story."Introducing
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The Boat People

A Novel

by Sharon Bala ...

By the winner of The Journey Prize, and inspired by a real incident, The Boat People is a gripping and morally complex novel about a group of refugees who survive a perilous ocean voyage to reach Canada – only to face the threat of deportation and accusations of terrorism in their new land.When the rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees reaches the shores of British ... Read more

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By the winner of The Journey Prize, and inspired by a real incident, The Boat People is a gripping and morally complex novel about a group of refugees who survive a perilous ocean voyage to reach Canada – only to face the threat of deportation and accusations of terrorism in their new land.When the rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees reaches the shores of British
... Read more
The Baby Snatchers

A mother's shocking true story from inside one of Ireland's notorious Mother and Baby Homes

by Mary Creighton ...

The Sunday Times and Irish Times bestseller, as featured in the Sunday Independent'You're all fallen women. You've sowed the seed of Satan. You are nothing.'Mary Creighton was just 15 when she found herself pregnant out of wedlock, in 1960s Ireland. She dreamed of a happy life with her child, but that was shattered when she was sent away to Castlepollard - a home for mothers and their unborn ... Read more

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The Sunday Times and Irish Times bestseller, as featured in the Sunday Independent'You're all fallen women. You've sowed the seed of Satan. You are nothing.'Mary Creighton was just 15 when she found herself pregnant out of wedlock, in 1960s Ireland. She dreamed of a happy life with her child, but that was shattered when she was sent away to Castlepollard - a home for mothers and their unborn
... Read more
Precious Cargo

My Year of Driving the Kids on School Bus 3077

by Craig Davidson ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERFor readers of Andrew Solomon's Far From the Tree and Ian Brown's The Boy in the Moon, here is a heartfelt, funny and surprising memoir about one year spent driving a bus full of children with special needs.**One morning in 2008, desperate, broke and living alone while trying unsuccessfully to write, Craig Davidson plucked a flyer out of his mailbox that read “Bus Drivers ... Read more

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLERFor readers of Andrew Solomon's Far From the Tree and Ian Brown's The Boy in the Moon, here is a heartfelt, funny and surprising memoir about one year spent driving a bus full of children with special needs.**One morning in 2008, desperate, broke and living alone while trying unsuccessfully to write, Craig Davidson plucked a flyer out of his mailbox that read “Bus Drivers
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My Name is Bridget

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