An important novel for both children and adults, My Aunt is a Pilot Whale shares, in clear and tangible language, the story of a survivor of child sexual abuse. Anne Provoost, born in Belgium in 1964, lived in Minneapolis for a year, where she wrote My Aunt is a Pilot Whale, her first book. She has...

Celebrated Mi'kmaq poet Rita Joe moves her poetry from the interior, familiar landscape to a more comprehensive commentary on social history and contemporary Canadian life. The writer explores more fully in this volume of poetry, her childhood memories of many circumstances and experiences. Maturity...