Shani Mootoo
Author
Publisher
Akashic Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
At age nine, Jonathan's mother, Sid, disappears from his life. As an adult, he finally reconnects with the mother he has always loved, but she has changed. She is now, Sydney, a sophisticated man. Jonathan struggles with both confusion and anger at the choices Sydney has made, but tries with eager hope to understand.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
On an island in the Caribbean, Mala Ramchandin, a crazy woman suspected of murder, is declared unfit to stand trial and is committed to a home. She is placed in the care of Tyler, a vivacious male nurse who becomes her confidant and the storyteller of her life.
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Set on a fictional Caribbean island during World War II and in modern-day Vancouver, He Drown She in the Sea is the spellbinding story of two childhood friends reunited late in life. As children, Rose Sangha and her housekeeper's son, Harry, are inseparable, blissfully unaware of the subtleties of class hierarchy until the night Harry is banished from the Sangha home. When Harry and Rose meet again in Canada years later, the gulf separating them is...
4) Polar vortex
Author
Publisher
Akashic Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Some secrets never die... lesbian couple Priya and Alexandra have moved from the city to a picturesque countryside town. What Alex doesn't know is that in moving, Priya is running from her past--from a fraught relationship with an old friend, Prakash, who pursued her for many years, both online and off. Time has passed, however, and Priya, confident that her ties to Prakash have been successfully severed, decides it's once more safe to establish...