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The traitor's daughter : captured by Nazis, pursued by the KGB, my mother's odyssey to freedom from her secret past

Spicer, Roxana, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

940.5318 SPI

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SD_ILS:726865

My Mi'kmaw mother

Pellissier-Lush, Julie, 1970- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

920.0701 PEL

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SD_ILS:684461

Oh my mother! : a memoir in nine adventures

Wang, Connie, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

306.8743 WAN

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SD_ILS:680148

Becoming a matriarch

Knott, Helen, 1987- author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

305.48 KNO

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SD_ILS:689727

Jane by Charlotte [blu-ray]

Gainsbourg, Charlotte, 1971- film director, on-screen participant.

Publication Date

2022

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DVDs & blu-rays

Call Number

927.9143 BIR

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SD_ILS:686389

My secret brothers : separated at birth and worlds apart, the powerful and inspiring story of one family's discovery

Herbert, Sally (Author of The missing pieces of Mum), author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Books

Call Number

306.874 HER

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SD_ILS:647741

All that she carried [large print] : the journey of Ashley's sack, a Black family keepsake

Miles, Tiya, 1970- author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Books

Call Number

326.8 MIL

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SD_ILS:654717

Where you end and I begin : a memoir

McLaren, Leah, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Books

Call Number

928.16 MCL

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SD_ILS:647800

BOOK CLUB SET. Crying in H Mart : a memoir

Zauner, Michelle, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Books

Call Number

BOOK CLUB SET

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SD_ILS:685885

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All that she carried : the journey of Ashley's sack, a black family keepsake

Miles, Tiya, 1970- author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Books

Call Number

326.8 MIL

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SD_ILS:601294

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Dog flowers : a memoir [DAISY talking book]

Geller, Danielle, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Digital

Call Number

979.1004 GEL

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SD_ILS:622798

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Little matches : a memoir of grief and light

O'Hara, Maryanne, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Books

Call Number

928.16 OHA

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SD_ILS:619343

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First Nation Communities Read (2024/25) -- Nominee.

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Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (BC Book Prizes) (2024) -- Nominee.

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Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes (BC Book Prizes) (2024) -- Winner.

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Joliot-Curie, Irène, 1897-1956.

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Matlow, Rachel.

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McLaren, Leah.

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National Book Award for Nonfiction (2021) -- Winner.

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Soviet Union -- Biography.

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Wang, Connie.

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