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Zoë S. Roy
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The Long March Home (Inanna Poetry & Fiction Series, 0)
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2011
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Butterfly Tears
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2009
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Calls Across the Pacific
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2015
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3 editions
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Spinster Kang
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| Hello by David Carpenter is a collection of novellas and short stories that are generally interesting and varied in tone. The protagonists are well-developed, with distinct inner voices and believable emotional depth. Through the stories, the reader ...more | |
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| Seventhblade by Tonia Laird is a fantasy novel, a genre I am less familiar with. Even so, I can clearly see the deep love portrayed through the adoptive mother–child relationship. The story also explores fight, revenge, and justice, elements that ref ...more | |
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| Joe by Carol Rose GoldenEagle blends vampire mythology with Indigenous cultural elements in a way that feels distinctive and grounded in cultural depth. The novel brings its characters to life with emotional clarity and believable relationships. Its ...more | |
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| Everything Is Fine Here by Iryn Tushabe follows a young Ugandan woman whose life in Canada is shadowed by the memories she carries from home, including the dangers she faced as a queer woman in a country hostile to her identity. The Ugandan setting i ...more | |
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| The Chorus Beneath Our Feet by Melanie Schnell opens with a soldier returning home to a small Alberta town under the weight of grief, escorting his closest friend’s remains back to the prairies. Few Canadian novels feature a protagonist serving in a ...more | |
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| Jeanette Lynes’s The Paper Birds is an engaging World War II novel set in a small Ontario town that shines a light on a little-known chapter of Canadian wartime history. The story follows eighteen-year-old Gemma Sullivan, a bright and curious young w ...more | |
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“During Mao’s era, the Chinese people were absolutely controlled by the Communist Party that decided food and accommodation, education and employment, what to think and say, and what to read and write about. ”--Interview with Zoë S. Roy, author of Spinster Kang”
― Spinster Kang
― Spinster Kang
“The dictator’s black hand had
made China a birdcage wrapped in red flags."--From "Balloons”
― Butterfly Tears
made China a birdcage wrapped in red flags."--From "Balloons”
― Butterfly Tears
“Dare I ask Mao and his Communist Party?
I fear my throat will be cut into two pieces.
In the name of revolution, for thought crimes,
Such questions can turn me to ashes.”
― Calls Across the Pacific
I fear my throat will be cut into two pieces.
In the name of revolution, for thought crimes,
Such questions can turn me to ashes.”
― Calls Across the Pacific
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| Making Connections: 5492. Spinster Kang by Zoë S. Roy | 1 | 10 | Jun 11, 2019 01:27PM | |
| Making Connections: 5838. - Calls across the Pacific by Zoë S. Roy | 5 | 26 | Jun 28, 2020 05:55PM | |
| Making Connections: 5864. - The Long March Home by Zoë S. Roy | 9 | 19 | Jul 27, 2020 06:39AM | |
| Making Connections: 5915. Butterfly Tears by Zoë S. Roy | 3 | 18 | Sep 17, 2020 04:51AM | |
| Making Connections: 5987. - Spinster Kang by Zoë S. Roy | 3 | 12 | Dec 12, 2020 04:26PM | |
| Making Connections: 6163. Calls across the Pacific by Zoë S. Roy | 2 | 25 | Jul 13, 2021 06:37AM | |
| Making Connections: 6470. - Spinster Kang by Zoë S. Roy | 1 | 17 | Feb 13, 2022 06:45PM | |
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Carolyn wrote: "Hi Zoë, thanks for your friend request!"The same here, Carolyn, for accepting it. I enjoy your headshot--a cute creature wearing thick glasses that match with the large number of books you've read.
