The beautiful days finally arrive! Here are some suggestions for books to read, a coffee in hand.
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1.TsunamiSévi (xyz)
In September 2004, Séverine Defouni – alias Sére – left Montreal behind to go to work as a field journalist in India. Three months later, the original Belgian faced a cataclysm as unexpected as devastating: a tsunami falls on a dozen countries near the Indian Ocean. On site, it covers events despite its lack of experience, marked by the ruthless nature of the damage and the distress of the survivors. This graphic novel with voluntarily naive features is the striking testimony of a resilience as individual and collective.
In bookstores on April 24
2. A summer without full moonMarie-Eve Brassard (Quebec America)
The thirties well started, Emma faces a dilemma when her boyfriend tells her that he does not want children: baby or not baby? This is the question. This news pushes her to reflect; She wonders if she really wants to have her own offspring or if it’s just the “normal” thing to do. With evenings watered with rosé wine, Emma consults her two best friends, with radically opposite visions. She also meets women and men who tell her about their observations. The television director offers us a first novel as entertaining as it is relevant to the free choice of women.
In bookstores on May 6
3. The old old manCatherine St-Germain (VLB publisher)
At each of Caro’s visits, Madeleine Desroches takes pleasure in telling her about the spirit of freedom that prevailed at Pacific Palisades in the 1950s. She loves entrusting her her anecdotes about the Hollywood stars that she frequented as she worked there as a nanny, then as a medical secretary. The narrator is not called Caro, but it does not matter. At the start of the pandemic, a CLSC worker offered to make visits to her neighbor Madeleine, suffering from the start of Alzheimer’s. The narrator would never have thought of getting attached to this funny and fiery lady so much, who tries to enjoy life until the end. Inspired by lived facts, The old old man Subtitiously emphasizes the joys and sorrows of the Near Aidance.
In bookstores on May 7
4. So that there are waves leftBenoit Picard (Hurtubise)
Léonie Hamilton arrives in Kamouraska filled with apprehension. She will spend all summer in a mansion there, with her extended family. It has been very different for this clan for a long time to concerns other than hers. One day, she discovers the diary of her aunt Jeanne, whom she has never known and which has mysteriously disappeared at the age of 17. Why did it distance itself from the Hamilton family? Between the outings with her friend Olivia, the beautiful Mateo gardener and the mystery surrounding Jeanne, this summer spent in Kamouraska will forever mark the spirit of Léonie.
In bookstores on May 8
5. Laval beachRafaële Germain (free expression)
Acked up by her break with her daughter’s father, Laurence decides to sell her house on the board to move to a chalet that borders the Mille-Îles River. Thinking to let the hermit hatch in her, she becomes rather friend with her norm and Marcus neighbors, and meets Jean-Christophe, a musician. Subsequently, her daughter, Mathilde, arrived home, returning from a trip to Central America. Then, on a whim, Laurence will look for her mother, suffering from dementia, who lives in a CHSLD, to bring her back to her chalet. These young and old, neighbors and friends, will form a small mismatched but united community that will embellish Laurence’s life unexpectedly.
In bookstores on May 14
6. Milk and honey (tenth anniversary edition), Rupi Kaur (Saint-Jean)
This collection of successful poetry, which addresses femininity, love, healing and finding his voice, celebrated his 10th anniversary in 2024. For the occasion, a special edition was launched; This includes a new introduction, an unprecedented chapter of poems, photos of the backstage, handwritten newspaper entries and the annotations of the author and guests. A little gem to keep on his bedside table.
In bookstores
7. Black antPhara Thibault (France)
In this first collection of poetry, the author – also an actress and screenwriter – explores her origins and her identity. The one who notably won a prize in 2020 for writing her play Chocolate (Fides, 2021) offers us a poetic, raw and sensual suite. The formal and narrative surprises that are found in the course of reading will seduce both beginners and the most experienced poetry readers.
In bookstores on April 30
8. I will make the heart of the apples beatMarc-André Apo (the Noroît)
This book of photographs and poetry taken from the magnificent Omri collection invites you to stop to appreciate everyday things. Also a songwriter-songwriter, Apoisy wonders about life and death, what survives us and what is perpetuated when we are no longer of this world. This intimate collection imbued with sweetness makes us full of gratitude to the little dead time of existence.
In bookstores
9. If we stay stubbornBrigitte Léveillé (ed. From quartz)
Five friends share a common dream: that of establishing themselves together in a house that they will have built themselves. Although everything is still to be accomplished, they embark on this project with enthusiasm. Despite obstacles, such as too expensive terrain and badly zoned prizes, their friendship continues and their desire to continue this adventure too. Between complex exchanges with the bank and their approaches to municipalities, poetry happens and persists.
In bookstores
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