Quebec Village Books | Summaries & Audio

Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec

by Josh Freed • 1983

In Quebec, saints' names are curses and Trivial Pursuit ends mixed marriages.

3.97

🍁 Quebec Culture 😂 Cultural Satire 🗣️ Language Humor

Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec Summary

Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec 88%

In Quebec, saints' names are curses and Trivial Pursuit ends mixed marriages.

by Josh Freed 1983

3.97

30 ratings

🍁 Quebec Culture 😂 Cultural Satire 🗣️ Language Humor

Still Life

by Louise Penny • 2005

An antique arrow kills a retired teacher in a Quebec village where no one locks their doors.

3.90

288k+

🏘️ Cozy Village Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Gentleman Detective

Still Life 87%

An antique arrow kills a retired teacher in a Quebec village where no one locks their doors.

by Louise Penny 2005

3.90

288k+ ratings

🏘️ Cozy Village Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Gentleman Detective

A Fatal Grace

by Louise Penny • 2006

A frozen lake, a curling match murder, and a whole village glad she's dead.

4.09

146k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 😤 Abrasive Victim 🤱 Toxic Mother

A Fatal Grace 87%

A frozen lake, a curling match murder, and a whole village glad she's dead.

by Louise Penny 2006

4.09

146k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 😤 Abrasive Victim 🤱 Toxic Mother

A Better Man

by Louise Penny • 2019

Amid a flood, a demoted detective seeks a missing pregnant woman while online attacks destroy him.

4.30

75k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👮‍♂️ Police Procedural 🌪️ Social Media Storm

A Better Man 86%

Amid a flood, a demoted detective seeks a missing pregnant woman while online attacks destroy him.

by Louise Penny 2019

4.30

75k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👮‍♂️ Police Procedural 🌪️ Social Media Storm

Baignades

by Andrée A. Michaud • 2024

A family escapes a tense campground, drives into a Quebec storm, and stumbles onto a murder.

3.50

5k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📖 Literary Thriller 🌲 Rural Noir

Baignades 86%

A family escapes a tense campground, drives into a Quebec storm, and stumbles onto a murder.

by Andrée A. Michaud 2024

3.50

5k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📖 Literary Thriller 🌲 Rural Noir

Celebrations at the Chateau

by Jo Thomas • 2018

A French château inheritance comes with a catch: a lifetime tenant and a town's old grudge.

4.14

2k+

🇫🇷 Rural France 🎄 Holiday Romance 🍽️ Culinary Fiction

Celebrations at the Chateau 85%

A French château inheritance comes with a catch: a lifetime tenant and a town's old grudge.

by Jo Thomas 2018

4.14

2k+ ratings

🇫🇷 Rural France 🎄 Holiday Romance 🍽️ Culinary Fiction

Caída de las nubes

by Violaine Bérot • 2025

During a snowstorm, a woman gives birth in her bath, unaware she was ever pregnant.

4.10

2k+

🤰 Cryptic Pregnancy 🤱 Maternal Ambivalence 🏔️ Remote Mountain Village

Caída de las nubes 85%

During a snowstorm, a woman gives birth in her bath, unaware she was ever pregnant.

by Violaine Bérot 2025

4.10

2k+ ratings

🤰 Cryptic Pregnancy 🤱 Maternal Ambivalence 🏔️ Remote Mountain Village

Le boulevard

by Jean-François Sénéchal • 2016

His mother vanishes on his eighteenth birthday. Developmentally different, Chris must build a life.

3.66

504

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🍁 QuéBéCois Setting

Le boulevard 85%

His mother vanishes on his eighteenth birthday. Developmentally different, Chris must build a life.

by Jean-François Sénéchal 2016

3.66

504 ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🍁 QuéBéCois Setting

The Toronto Book of Love

by Adam Bunch • 2021

Jailed at eighteen for loving a Chinese man. Her sixty-year battle exposed Toronto's hidden heart.

4.35

136

🏙️ Toronto History 💕 Social History Of Love 🏳️‍🌈 Queer History

The Toronto Book of Love 85%

Jailed at eighteen for loving a Chinese man. Her sixty-year battle exposed Toronto's hidden heart.

by Adam Bunch 2021

4.35

136 ratings

🏙️ Toronto History 💕 Social History Of Love 🏳️‍🌈 Queer History

The Cruelest Month

by Louise Penny • 2007

A fatal séance in a haunted Quebec house pulls Inspector Gamache into a village's darkest secrets.

4.16

119k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery 🧠 Psychological Suspense

The Cruelest Month 85%

A fatal séance in a haunted Quebec house pulls Inspector Gamache into a village's darkest secrets.

by Louise Penny 2007

4.16

119k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Griffintown

by Marie Hélène Poitras • 2012

Montreal carriage drivers live by frontier law until a murder starts their final season.

3.28

431

🏙️ Urban Western 🏚️ Outcast Community 👨‍🏫 Mentor Apprentice

Griffintown 85%

Montreal carriage drivers live by frontier law until a murder starts their final season.

by Marie Hélène Poitras 2012

3.28

431 ratings

🏙️ Urban Western 🏚️ Outcast Community 👨‍🏫 Mentor Apprentice

Murder at Holly House

by Denzil Meyrick • 2023

A hapless detective banished to a snowbound village unearths a chimney corpse and a coup.

3.20

11k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🕵️ Bumbling Detective

Murder at Holly House 85%

A hapless detective banished to a snowbound village unearths a chimney corpse and a coup.

by Denzil Meyrick 2023

3.20

11k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🕵️ Bumbling Detective

My Twenty-Five Years in Provence

by Peter Mayle • 2019

A rainy detour, a brothel lodging, and 25 years of rosé mornings in Provence.

3.93

5k+

🌻 Southern France 🌍 Expat Memoirs 🥖 French Culture

My Twenty-Five Years in Provence Summary

My Twenty-Five Years in Provence 85%

A rainy detour, a brothel lodging, and 25 years of rosé mornings in Provence.

by Peter Mayle 2019

3.93

5k+ ratings

🌻 Southern France 🌍 Expat Memoirs 🥖 French Culture

Lives of Girls and Women

by Alice Munro • 1971

Del Jordan grows up watching women's lives in rural Ontario and resolves to write her own.

3.94

16k+

🖇️ Linked Stories 🏡 Small Town Coming Of Age 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Tension

Lives of Girls and Women 85%

Del Jordan grows up watching women's lives in rural Ontario and resolves to write her own.

by Alice Munro 1971

3.94

16k+ ratings

🖇️ Linked Stories 🏡 Small Town Coming Of Age 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Tension

The Other Side of the Bridge

by Mary Lawson • 2006

Two brothers on a northern Ontario farm love the same woman. One leaves; the other stays.

4.18

12k+

🏘️ Small Town Saga ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🕯️ Generational Guilt

The Other Side of the Bridge 85%

Two brothers on a northern Ontario farm love the same woman. One leaves; the other stays.

by Mary Lawson 2006

4.18

12k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Saga ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🕯️ Generational Guilt

Short Stories in French for Beginners

by Olly Richards • 2018

Eight short stories that make French feel like an adventure, not a lesson.

4.04

1k+

🎒 Graded Reader 🇫🇷 French Setting 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Short Stories in French for Beginners Summary

Short Stories in French for Beginners 85%

Eight short stories that make French feel like an adventure, not a lesson.

by Olly Richards 2018

4.04

1k+ ratings

🎒 Graded Reader 🇫🇷 French Setting 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass

by Drew Hayden Taylor • 2010

Summoned by a dying elder, a Trickster rides a vintage motorcycle into a grieving reserve.

3.64

3k+

🦊 Trickster Mythology 🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🇨🇦 Small Town Canada

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass 85%

Summoned by a dying elder, a Trickster rides a vintage motorcycle into a grieving reserve.

by Drew Hayden Taylor 2010

3.64

3k+ ratings

🦊 Trickster Mythology 🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🇨🇦 Small Town Canada

Là où je me terre

by Caroline Dawson • 2020

A refugee child in Montreal trades her language and her lunch for a chance to belong.

4.36

11k+

🌍 Immigrant Coming Of Age 🎭 Assimilation Pressure 💞 Mother Daughter Bond

Là où je me terre 85%

A refugee child in Montreal trades her language and her lunch for a chance to belong.

by Caroline Dawson 2020

4.36

11k+ ratings

🌍 Immigrant Coming Of Age 🎭 Assimilation Pressure 💞 Mother Daughter Bond

The Left Behind

by Robert Wuthnow • 2018

Rural America's anger is grief: not for lost jobs, but for communities where belonging meant duty.

3.58

650

🏡 Rural America 😤 Cultural Resentment 🏙️ Urban Rural Divide

The Left Behind 85%

Rural America's anger is grief: not for lost jobs, but for communities where belonging meant duty.

by Robert Wuthnow 2018

3.58

650 ratings

🏡 Rural America 😤 Cultural Resentment 🏙️ Urban Rural Divide

Finnie Walsh

by Steven Galloway • 2000

A mill-town friendship, sealed on ice and haunted by the afternoon that stole a father's arm.

3.67

275

🍁 Small Town Canada 🏒 Hockey Fiction 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship

Finnie Walsh 85%

A mill-town friendship, sealed on ice and haunted by the afternoon that stole a father's arm.

by Steven Galloway 2000

3.67

275 ratings

🍁 Small Town Canada 🏒 Hockey Fiction 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship

My Grape Year

by Laura Bradbury • 2015

A Canadian teen breaks every exchange program rule, starting with a Jell-O disaster in Burgundy.

4.14

1k+

🌍 Cultural Immersion 🛬 Study Abroad 🍇 French Countryside

My Grape Year 85%

A Canadian teen breaks every exchange program rule, starting with a Jell-O disaster in Burgundy.

by Laura Bradbury 2015

4.14

1k+ ratings

🌍 Cultural Immersion 🛬 Study Abroad 🍇 French Countryside

Death of a Nurse

by M.C. Beaton • 2016

A Highland constable's dinner date is cut short when the private nurse washes ashore dead.

3.80

6k+

🏘️ Village Cozy 🕵️ Lonely Detective 🔍 Classic Whodunit

Death of a Nurse 85%

A Highland constable's dinner date is cut short when the private nurse washes ashore dead.

by M.C. Beaton 2016

3.80

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Cozy 🕵️ Lonely Detective 🔍 Classic Whodunit

A Village Affair

by Joanna Trollope • 1989

A restless village mother falls for a magnetic woman, and her carefully ordered world comes apart.

3.70

2k+

🏘️ English Village 🔥 Small Town Scandal 💍 Crumbling Marriage

A Village Affair 85%

A restless village mother falls for a magnetic woman, and her carefully ordered world comes apart.

by Joanna Trollope 1989

3.70

2k+ ratings

🏘️ English Village 🔥 Small Town Scandal 💍 Crumbling Marriage

Crow Lake

by Mary Lawson • 2003

Orphaned in rural Ontario, a girl's bond with her brilliant brother is tested by sacrifice.

4.02

29k+

🏞️ Rural Family Saga 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Orphaned Siblings 🖤 Generational Trauma

Crow Lake 85%

Orphaned in rural Ontario, a girl's bond with her brilliant brother is tested by sacrifice.

by Mary Lawson 2003

4.02

29k+ ratings

🏞️ Rural Family Saga 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Orphaned Siblings 🖤 Generational Trauma

Lizards Hold the Sun

by Dani Trujillo • 2023

On a remote First Nation, a grieving archaeologist falls for the architect who can't stay.

3.87

315

🏗️ Workplace Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Grieving Heroine

Lizards Hold the Sun 85%

On a remote First Nation, a grieving archaeologist falls for the architect who can't stay.

by Dani Trujillo 2023

3.87

315 ratings

🏗️ Workplace Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Grieving Heroine

Peasants Into Frenchmen

by Eugen Weber • 1976

They didn't speak French or feel French. Roads, schools, and barracks turned them into Frenchmen.

4.28

403

🌾 Rural History 🇫🇷 French History 🏛️ National Identity

Peasants Into Frenchmen 85%

They didn't speak French or feel French. Roads, schools, and barracks turned them into Frenchmen.

by Eugen Weber 1976

4.28

403 ratings

🌾 Rural History 🇫🇷 French History 🏛️ National Identity

The Grey Wolf

by Louise Penny • 2024

Gamache's stolen coat reappears with a warning: a bioweapon is aimed at Montreal's water, tonight.

4.10

67k+

🇨🇦 Canadian Crime Fiction 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Police Procedural

The Grey Wolf 84%

Gamache's stolen coat reappears with a warning: a bioweapon is aimed at Montreal's water, tonight.

by Louise Penny 2024

4.10

67k+ ratings

🇨🇦 Canadian Crime Fiction 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Police Procedural

Big Bad Wool

by Leonie Swann • 2009

When a werewolf's howl echoes across their French meadow, a flock of sheep turns detective.

3.77

3k+

🐑 Animal Sleuths 🏰 Rural France 🧡 Found Family

Big Bad Wool 84%

When a werewolf's howl echoes across their French meadow, a flock of sheep turns detective.

by Leonie Swann 2009

3.77

3k+ ratings

🐑 Animal Sleuths 🏰 Rural France 🧡 Found Family

The Bonjour Effect

by Julie Barlow • 2016

Knowing the language isn't enough. The real test is the invisible rules behind every greeting.

3.90

2k+

🇫🇷 French Culture 🧩 Cultural Codes 🗣️ Language And Identity

The Bonjour Effect 84%

Knowing the language isn't enough. The real test is the invisible rules behind every greeting.

by Julie Barlow 2016

3.90

2k+ ratings

🇫🇷 French Culture 🧩 Cultural Codes 🗣️ Language And Identity

Us Against You

by Fredrik Backman • 2017

After a rape scandal, Beartown's only hope lies with a female coach and her outcast team.

4.37

266k+

🏘️ Small Town Drama 🇸🇪 Scandinavian Fiction 🔥 Tribalism

Us Against You 84%

After a rape scandal, Beartown's only hope lies with a female coach and her outcast team.

by Fredrik Backman 2017

4.37

266k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Drama 🇸🇪 Scandinavian Fiction 🔥 Tribalism

Death of a Ghost

by M.C. Beaton • 2017

Hamish Macbeth finds a corpse in a haunted castle; by morning the body has vanished.

3.78

7k+

🏘️ Highland Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💋 Femme Fatale

Death of a Ghost 84%

Hamish Macbeth finds a corpse in a haunted castle; by morning the body has vanished.

by M.C. Beaton 2017

3.78

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Highland Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💋 Femme Fatale

The Friends of Meager Fortune

by David Adams Richards • 2006

A Canadian lumber family is undone by prophecy, pride, and a town hungry for scandal.

3.84

593

🪓 Lumber Camp Fiction 🔮 Family Curse ⚔️ Rival Brothers

The Friends of Meager Fortune 84%

A Canadian lumber family is undone by prophecy, pride, and a town hungry for scandal.

by David Adams Richards 2006

3.84

593 ratings

🪓 Lumber Camp Fiction 🔮 Family Curse ⚔️ Rival Brothers

The Boat Who Wouldn't Float

by Farley Mowat • 1984

The schooner leaked from every plank, the engine ran backwards, and Montreal was 1,400 miles away.

4.11

2k+

🚢 Maritime Adventure 🇨🇦 Newfoundland ⛵ Small Boat Sailing

The Boat Who Wouldn't Float 84%

The schooner leaked from every plank, the engine ran backwards, and Montreal was 1,400 miles away.

by Farley Mowat 1984

4.11

2k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime Adventure 🇨🇦 Newfoundland ⛵ Small Boat Sailing

The Imposter Bride

by Nancy Richler • 2012

When her mother disappears, a daughter traces the stolen identity she carried out of the war.

3.34

7k+

🏙️ Post-War Montreal 🕊️ Holocaust Survivors 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

The Imposter Bride 84%

When her mother disappears, a daughter traces the stolen identity she carried out of the war.

by Nancy Richler 2012

3.34

7k+ ratings

🏙️ Post-War Montreal 🕊️ Holocaust Survivors 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

Tauhou

by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall • 2023

Two Indigenous women, an ocean apart, discover their ancestors have been meeting without them.

3.97

720

🪶 Indigenous Literature 📖 Postcolonial Fiction ✨ Experimental Form

Tauhou 84%

Two Indigenous women, an ocean apart, discover their ancestors have been meeting without them.

by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall 2023

3.97

720 ratings

🪶 Indigenous Literature 📖 Postcolonial Fiction ✨ Experimental Form

Aller Retour

by Yves Beauchesne

Orphaned and abused, a boy escapes to Montreal and searches for anyone who will take him in.

2.43

119

🏃 Runaway Story 🩵 Found Family 💔 Orphaned Protagonist

Aller Retour 84%

Orphaned and abused, a boy escapes to Montreal and searches for anyone who will take him in.

by Yves Beauchesne

2.43

119 ratings

🏃 Runaway Story 🩵 Found Family 💔 Orphaned Protagonist

Pedra de tartera

by Maria Barbal • 1985

The aunt expected housework; the hills demanded everything, and the war took what remained.

3.90

1k+

⚔️ Spanish Civil War Fiction 🏔️ Rural Catalonia 👩‍🌾 Rural Womanhood

Pedra de tartera 84%

The aunt expected housework; the hills demanded everything, and the war took what remained.

by Maria Barbal 1985

3.90

1k+ ratings

⚔️ Spanish Civil War Fiction 🏔️ Rural Catalonia 👩‍🌾 Rural Womanhood

Abroad in Japan

by Chris Broad • 2023

He went to rural Japan to teach English. A missile alert at dawn changed everything.

4.11

23k+

🏞️ Rural Japan 📚 Teaching Abroad 🍜 Japanese Food

Abroad in Japan 84%

He went to rural Japan to teach English. A missile alert at dawn changed everything.

by Chris Broad 2023

4.11

23k+ ratings

🏞️ Rural Japan 📚 Teaching Abroad 🍜 Japanese Food

The Murder at the Vicarage

by Agatha Christie • 1930

A tyrant colonel lies shot in the vicarage study. Everyone in the village had a reason.

4.04

219k+

🏘️ Village Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery

The Murder at the Vicarage 84%

A tyrant colonel lies shot in the vicarage study. Everyone in the village had a reason.

by Agatha Christie 1930

4.04

219k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery

Death of a Gossip

by M.C. Beaton • 1985

A gossip columnist joins a Highland fishing school. She's found strangled. Everyone wanted her dead.

3.64

22k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👮 Small Town Constable

Death of a Gossip 84%

A gossip columnist joins a Highland fishing school. She's found strangled. Everyone wanted her dead.

by M.C. Beaton 1985

3.64

22k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👮 Small Town Constable

One Bird's Choice

by Iain Reid • 2010

Back on his parents' farm: broke, overeducated, and outranked by a guinea fowl.

3.74

461

🔙 Boomerang Kids 🐓 Farm Life 🙃 Self-Deprecating Humor

One Bird's Choice 84%

Back on his parents' farm: broke, overeducated, and outranked by a guinea fowl.

by Iain Reid 2010

3.74

461 ratings

🔙 Boomerang Kids 🐓 Farm Life 🙃 Self-Deprecating Humor

Mudflowers

by Aley Waterman • 2023

Lonely in Toronto, Sophie falls for a poet while her oldest friend still shares her bed.

3.42

421

🏠 Chosen Family 💫 Queer Desire 🎨 Artist'S Journey

Mudflowers 84%

Lonely in Toronto, Sophie falls for a poet while her oldest friend still shares her bed.

by Aley Waterman 2023

3.42

421 ratings

🏠 Chosen Family 💫 Queer Desire 🎨 Artist'S Journey

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act

by Bob Joseph • 2018

The law that seized land, banned ceremonies, and created residential schools is still Canadian law.

4.57

10k+

🍁 Canadian History 📜 Indigenous Policy 🏫 Residential Schools

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act Summary

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act 84%

The law that seized land, banned ceremonies, and created residential schools is still Canadian law.

by Bob Joseph 2018

4.57

10k+ ratings

🍁 Canadian History 📜 Indigenous Policy 🏫 Residential Schools

Et tu trouveras le trésor qui dort en toi

by Laurent Gounelle • 2016

A consultant bets a struggling priest she can fill his church, upending both their worlds.

3.84

2k+

🕊️ Spiritual Fiction 📚 Philosophical Novel ⛪ Priest In Crisis

Et tu trouveras le trésor qui dort en toi Summary

Et tu trouveras le trésor qui dort en toi 84%

A consultant bets a struggling priest she can fill his church, upending both their worlds.

by Laurent Gounelle 2016

3.84

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Fiction 📚 Philosophical Novel ⛪ Priest In Crisis

Life in the City of Dirty Water

by Clayton Thomas-Muller • 2021

He learned violence in Winnipeg's gangs. A sweat lodge showed him what was worth protecting.

3.65

4k+

🏙️ Urban Indigenous Life 🌍 Environmental Justice 🪶 Cultural Reclamation

Life in the City of Dirty Water 84%

He learned violence in Winnipeg's gangs. A sweat lodge showed him what was worth protecting.

by Clayton Thomas-Muller 2021

3.65

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Indigenous Life 🌍 Environmental Justice 🪶 Cultural Reclamation

Palaces for the People

by Eric Klinenberg • 2018

Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.

3.97

5k+

🏙️ Public Space 🧱 Placemaking 🤝 Social Capital

Palaces for the People 84%

Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.

by Eric Klinenberg 2018

3.97

5k+ ratings

🏙️ Public Space 🧱 Placemaking 🤝 Social Capital

La sociolinguistique

by Louis-Jean Calvet • 1993

Language stripped of society is a fiction. Every accent, loanword, and policy proves it.

3.94

🗣️ Sociolinguistics 🏛️ Language And Power 🌍 Language Contact

La sociolinguistique 84%

Language stripped of society is a fiction. Every accent, loanword, and policy proves it.

by Louis-Jean Calvet 1993

3.94

66 ratings

🗣️ Sociolinguistics 🏛️ Language And Power 🌍 Language Contact

Imagine a City

by Mark Vanhoenacker • 2022

A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.

3.65

422

🏙️ Urban Travel Writing ✈️ Aviation Memoirs 🧭 Sense Of Place

Imagine a City 84%

A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.

by Mark Vanhoenacker 2022

3.65

422 ratings

🏙️ Urban Travel Writing ✈️ Aviation Memoirs 🧭 Sense Of Place

We Have Always Been Here

by Samra Habib • 2019

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

4.16

20k+

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir

We Have Always Been Here 84%

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

by Samra Habib 2019

4.16

20k+ ratings

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir

Death of a Gentle Lady

by M.C. Beaton • 2008

A village adores its genteel newcomer. A constable distrusts her. Then she is found strangled.

3.84

7k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🗝️ Family Secrets

Death of a Gentle Lady 84%

A village adores its genteel newcomer. A constable distrusts her. Then she is found strangled.

by M.C. Beaton 2008

3.84

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🗝️ Family Secrets

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