The Order of Good Cheer
Bill Gaston

In alternating narratives, award-winning writer Bill Gaston constructs two characters -- explorer Samuel de Champlain and grain-mill worker Andy Winslow -- separated by time, space, and circumstance, who nonetheless find common respite in celebration for its own sake, the healing splendour of food and wine, and a belief in the good things in life.

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". . . strikes a perfect balance between the ordinary business of living in space and the high adventure that occurs when things go wrong . . . . Chris Jones will have you on the edge of your seat. This is a story with chills and thrills along the way . . . "
-- Globe and Mail

Dear Gabriel
Halfdan W. Freihow

Dear Gabriel is a deeply moving and elegantly written confessional in the form of a letter from a father to his young autistic son. With great love, pride, and profound wonder, Freihow describes a complex, loving relationship with young Gabriel that is sometimes fraught with misunderstanding, but always bolstered by unconditional love. His sensitive depiction of the haunting rural landscape in which the family lives serves as a powerful backdrop to the intimate prose of his letter and rich sense of childhood magic.

". . . [Freihow] writes movingly of his family's day-to-day experiences . . . will prove particularly valuable for families touched by autism, but anyone interested in an intimate, finely crafted family memoir will find this hard to put down."
-- Publishers Weekly