🍁 Small Town Canada

Stories set against vast Canadian landscapes and intimate communities, where harsh winters, quiet lakes, and close neighbors create settings both beautiful and claustrophobic.

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 89%

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

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

🏒 Hockey Fiction 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 💔 Guilt And Atonement

Finnie Walsh 88%

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

🏒 Hockey Fiction 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 💔 Guilt And Atonement

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 88%

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 88%

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

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

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 ⚡ Myth Meets Modernity

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass 87%

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 ⚡ Myth Meets Modernity

Early Morning Riser

by Katherine Heiny • 2021

A teacher falls for a small-town handyman whose romantic past is the whole town.

3.57

32k+

🏘️ Small Town Life 🫂 Found Family 📋 Slice Of Life

Early Morning Riser 87%

A teacher falls for a small-town handyman whose romantic past is the whole town.

by Katherine Heiny 2021

3.57

32k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Life 🫂 Found Family 📋 Slice Of Life

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

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 87%

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

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 86%

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

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 86%

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

A World of Curiosities

by Louise Penny • 2022

A woman's body pulls Gamache toward the serial killer he imprisoned, now hiding in Three Pines.

4.44

81k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Pursuit

A World of Curiosities 86%

A woman's body pulls Gamache toward the serial killer he imprisoned, now hiding in Three Pines.

by Louise Penny 2022

4.44

81k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Pursuit

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 86%

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

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 86%

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

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 86%

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

The Shots You Take

by Rachel Reid • 2025

A funeral brings a grieving hockey player home to the ex-teammate he once loved in secret.

4.07

29k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤫 Secret Past Lovers

The Shots You Take 86%

A funeral brings a grieving hockey player home to the ex-teammate he once loved in secret.

by Rachel Reid 2025

4.07

29k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤫 Secret Past Lovers

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 86%

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

Canada

by Richard Ford • 2012

His parents rob a bank. He is sent to Canada, into the keeping of a killer.

3.53

28k+

🏚️ Parental Betrayal 🌾 Canadian Prairie ⚠️ Dangerous Guardian

Canada 86%

His parents rob a bank. He is sent to Canada, into the keeping of a killer.

by Richard Ford 2012

3.53

28k+ ratings

🏚️ Parental Betrayal 🌾 Canadian Prairie ⚠️ Dangerous Guardian

Beartown

by Fredrik Backman • 2016

When a Swedish hockey town's star player assaults a girl, loyalty and justice collide.

4.29

618k+

🎭 Small Town Drama 🏒 Sports Drama 🤫 Small Town Secrets

Beartown 86%

When a Swedish hockey town's star player assaults a girl, loyalty and justice collide.

by Fredrik Backman 2016

4.29

618k+ ratings

🎭 Small Town Drama 🏒 Sports Drama 🤫 Small Town Secrets

I Must Say

by Martin Short • 2014

Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.

4.12

19k+

🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss

I Must Say 86%

Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.

by Martin Short 2014

4.12

19k+ ratings

🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss

Tiohtiáke

by Michel Jean • 2021

An Innu ex-con, banished to Montreal's streets, must survive the winter and the violence inside.

4.19

4k+

🌆 Indigenous Urban Life 🌃 Street Survival 🤝 Found Family

Tiohtiáke 86%

An Innu ex-con, banished to Montreal's streets, must survive the winter and the violence inside.

by Michel Jean 2021

4.19

4k+ ratings

🌆 Indigenous Urban Life 🌃 Street Survival 🤝 Found Family

The Politics of Resentment

by Katherine J. Cramer • 2016

Resentment toward cities and public employees, not ideology, drives rural small-government votes.

4.01

1k+

🌾 Rural Politics 🛣️ Urban Rural Divide 📋 Ethnography

The Politics of Resentment 86%

Resentment toward cities and public employees, not ideology, drives rural small-government votes.

by Katherine J. Cramer 2016

4.01

1k+ ratings

🌾 Rural Politics 🛣️ Urban Rural Divide 📋 Ethnography

Like a House on Fire

by Cate Kennedy • 2012

When a tractor overturns, a wife must care for the husband she's grown distant from.

3.44

2k+

🐑 Rural Australia 🏥 Caregiving Burden 💔 Marital Distance

Like a House on Fire 86%

When a tractor overturns, a wife must care for the husband she's grown distant from.

by Cate Kennedy 2012

3.44

2k+ ratings

🐑 Rural Australia 🏥 Caregiving Burden 💔 Marital Distance

The Winners

by Fredrik Backman • 2021

A small hockey town braces for a storm that unearths its buried secrets and oldest wounds.

4.45

170k+

🏘️ Small Town Drama 🏒 Literary Sports 🎭 Ensemble Cast

The Winners 86%

A small hockey town braces for a storm that unearths its buried secrets and oldest wounds.

by Fredrik Backman 2021

4.45

170k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Drama 🏒 Literary Sports 🎭 Ensemble Cast

The Lost Continent

by Bill Bryson • 1989

He drove across America looking for the perfect small town. He mostly found parking lots.

3.81

65k+

🚗 American Road Trips 🏘️ Small-Town Life 🇺🇸 American Nostalgia

The Lost Continent 86%

He drove across America looking for the perfect small town. He mostly found parking lots.

by Bill Bryson 1989

3.81

65k+ ratings

🚗 American Road Trips 🏘️ Small-Town Life 🇺🇸 American Nostalgia

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 86%

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

The Pumpkin Spice Café

by Laurie Gilmore • 2023

A woman inherits a cafe and a grumpy farmer who makes her question where she belongs.

3.36

577k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☕ Cozy Contemporary 🏠 Inherited Business

The Pumpkin Spice Café 86%

A woman inherits a cafe and a grumpy farmer who makes her question where she belongs.

by Laurie Gilmore 2023

3.36

577k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☕ Cozy Contemporary 🏠 Inherited Business

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 86%

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 Lies of the Land

by Steven Conn • 2023

Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.

3.98

148

🌾 Rural America 📜 Agrarian Myths ⏳ Nostalgia Politics

The Lies of the Land 86%

Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.

by Steven Conn 2023

3.98

148 ratings

🌾 Rural America 📜 Agrarian Myths ⏳ Nostalgia Politics

Tell Me Everything

by Elizabeth Strout • 2024

In Maine, a lawyer walks with a writer, trading stories, as a disappearance tests their town.

3.98

102k+

🏘️ Small Town Maine 🔗 Interconnected Lives 🕰️ Aging And Loneliness

Tell Me Everything 86%

In Maine, a lawyer walks with a writer, trading stories, as a disappearance tests their town.

by Elizabeth Strout 2024

3.98

102k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Maine 🔗 Interconnected Lives 🕰️ Aging And Loneliness

Discover Canada

by Citizenship and Immigration Canada • 2012

Ten million square kilometres, three founding cultures, one citizenship test: the official guide.

3.58

187

🍁 Canadian Civics 📝 Citizenship Test Prep 🏛️ Westminster System

Discover Canada 86%

Ten million square kilometres, three founding cultures, one citizenship test: the official guide.

by Citizenship and Immigration Canada 2012

3.58

187 ratings

🍁 Canadian Civics 📝 Citizenship Test Prep 🏛️ Westminster System

The Skin We're In

by Desmond Cole • 2020

A year of Black resistance that forced Canada to face the racism its politeness hides.

4.44

10k+

🏛️ Systemic Racism 🍁 Canadian Politics 🇨🇦 Black Canadian Experience

The Skin We're In 86%

A year of Black resistance that forced Canada to face the racism its politeness hides.

by Desmond Cole 2020

4.44

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Systemic Racism 🍁 Canadian Politics 🇨🇦 Black Canadian Experience

Keeper'n Me

by Richard Wagamese • 1994

Taken from the trapline at three, he returns at twenty-five in platforms and borrowed skin.

4.00

3k+

🏠 Sixties Scoop Fiction 🪶 Cultural Reclamation 👴 Elder Teachings

Keeper'n Me 86%

Taken from the trapline at three, he returns at twenty-five in platforms and borrowed skin.

by Richard Wagamese 1994

4.00

3k+ ratings

🏠 Sixties Scoop Fiction 🪶 Cultural Reclamation 👴 Elder Teachings

Falling Like Leaves

by Misty Wilson • 2025

A city teen's fall festival exile reopens a childhood romance with a baker who won't forgive.

3.79

27k+

🍂 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏡 City To Small Town 💖 Second Chance Love

Falling Like Leaves 86%

A city teen's fall festival exile reopens a childhood romance with a baker who won't forgive.

by Misty Wilson 2025

3.79

27k+ ratings

🍂 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏡 City To Small Town 💖 Second Chance Love

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

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 85%

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

Mistakes Were Made

by Lucy Score • 2026

A chaotic literary agent, hit by a grumpy lawyer's truck, moves into his upstairs apartment.

4.25

47k+

🌾 Small Town Romance 😂 Romantic Comedy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Mistakes Were Made 85%

A chaotic literary agent, hit by a grumpy lawyer's truck, moves into his upstairs apartment.

by Lucy Score 2026

4.25

47k+ ratings

🌾 Small Town Romance 😂 Romantic Comedy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Finding Flora

by Elinor Florence • 2025

She fled her husband. Now the prairie and the land office conspire to take her home.

4.21

8k+

🏞️ Frontier Women 👭 Found Family 🚪 Escaped Abuse

Finding Flora 85%

She fled her husband. Now the prairie and the land office conspire to take her home.

by Elinor Florence 2025

4.21

8k+ ratings

🏞️ Frontier Women 👭 Found Family 🚪 Escaped Abuse

The Klondike Fever

by Pierre Berton • 1958

One ship carrying a fortune in gold turned a frozen creek into a city of forty thousand.

4.11

462

🏞️ Gold Rush History 🏜️ Western Frontier ⛺ Survival Narratives

The Klondike Fever 85%

One ship carrying a fortune in gold turned a frozen creek into a city of forty thousand.

by Pierre Berton 1958

4.11

462 ratings

🏞️ Gold Rush History 🏜️ Western Frontier ⛺ Survival Narratives

Bonheur d'occasion

by Gabrielle Roy • 1945

WWII Montreal: a waitress craves escape from poverty, but love, family, and war pull her back.

3.71

5k+

🎨 Social Realism 🏠 War On The Home Front 🔄 Generational Poverty

Bonheur d'occasion 85%

WWII Montreal: a waitress craves escape from poverty, but love, family, and war pull her back.

by Gabrielle Roy 1945

3.71

5k+ ratings

🎨 Social Realism 🏠 War On The Home Front 🔄 Generational Poverty

Game Face

by Shari Green • 2023

A goalie's anxiety spirals after his best friend collapses, and silence is no longer an option.

4.26

226

📖 Verse Novel 🏒 Hockey Fiction 😰 Anxious Protagonist

Game Face 85%

A goalie's anxiety spirals after his best friend collapses, and silence is no longer an option.

by Shari Green 2023

4.26

226 ratings

📖 Verse Novel 🏒 Hockey Fiction 😰 Anxious Protagonist

Agony Hill

by Sarah Stewart Taylor • 2024

In 1960s Vermont, a grieving detective questions a farmer's barn-fire death the town calls suicide.

3.83

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets

Agony Hill 85%

In 1960s Vermont, a grieving detective questions a farmer's barn-fire death the town calls suicide.

by Sarah Stewart Taylor 2024

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets

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 85%

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

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 85%

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

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

From the Ashes

by Jesse Thistle • 2019

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

4.49

35k+

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

From the Ashes 85%

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

by Jesse Thistle 2019

4.49

35k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

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