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Kukum / by Jean, Michel,1960-author.; Ouriou, Susan,translator.; translation of:Jean, Michel,1960-Kukum.English.;
"A Quebec bestseller based on the life of Michel Jean's great-grandmother that delivers an empathetic portrait of drastic change in an Innu community. Kukum recounts the story of Almanda Siméon, an orphan raised by her aunt and uncle, who falls in love with a young Innu man despite their cultural differences and goes on to share her life with the Pekuakami Innu community. They accept her as one of their own: Almanda learns their language, how to live a nomadic existence, and begins to break down the barriers imposed on Indigenous women. Unfolding over the course of a century, the novel details the end of traditional ways of life for the Innu, as Almanda and her family face the loss of their land and confinement to reserves, and the enduring violence of residential schools. Kukum intimately expresses the importance of Innu ancestral values and the need for freedom nomadic peoples feel to this day"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Jean, Michel, 1960-; French-Canadian women; Great-grandmothers; Indigenous women; Orphans; First Nations; First Nations; Innu; Innu; Residential schools;
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J.T. LeRoy [videorecording] / by Dern, Laura,actor.; Kelly, Justin(Director),film director,screenwriter.; Knoop, Savannah,screenwriter.; Kruger, Diane,1976-actor.; Stewart, Kristen,1990-actor.; Sturgess, Jim,actor.; Walmsley, Patrick,film producer.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Knoop, Savannah.Girl boy girl.; Elevated Films (Firm),production company.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Kristen Stewart, Diane Kruger, Laura Dern, Jim Sturgess, Courtney Love, Stella Maxwell, James Jagger.Based on Savannah Knoop's memoir Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT Leroy, this captivating true story goes beyond the headlines to tell the story of the most compelling literary hoax of recent times. Laura Albert writes as her avatar, 'a disenfranchised young queer man' named JT LeRoy. When her debut novel becomes a best-seller and JT becomes the darling of the literary world, she comes up with a unique solution to preserve her anonymity but give life to her nom-de-plume.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language throughout, sexual content and brief nudity.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Knoop, Savannah; LeRoy, J. T., 1980-; Female friendship; Ghostwriters; Hoaxes; Impostors and imposture; Women authors;
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Where you end and I begin : a memoir / by McLaren, Leah,author.;
"A daughter's riveting, devastating portrait of her relationship with her mother, a brilliant and charismatic woman haunted by childhood sexual trauma. When an eight-year-old Leah McLaren's parents get divorced, her mother, Cessie, flees her conventional life as a suburban housewife in search of a glamorous journalism career. In the chaotic years that follow, with her daughter in tow, Cessie lurches from one apartment, job and toxic romance to the next. Their bond is loving but also marked by casual indifference. Cessie's self-described parenting style of "benign neglect" is a hilarious party joke and Leah's stark reality. Their family motto, "Commitment sucks the life right out of you" is tacked up on every rental fridge. Inside the shelves are empty. During Leah's first year of high school she becomes gripped with anxiety following a troubling early sexual experience at a party. Cessie, in turn, makes a disclosure that will alter everything: from the age of twelve to fifteen, she was in a clandestine relationship with her middle-aged, married riding instructor. The damage inflicted by the "Horseman," Cessie explains, is the reason for all her ill-conceived life choices, including marriage, divorce and even motherhood itself. Both women will spend decades haunted by the specter of the Horseman, until they decide to investigate what became of him--an ill-conceived quest that will test the bonds of love and redefine their relationship forever. Written with searing candour and merciless wit, Where You End and I Begin is an intimate exploration of the ways intergenerational trauma is shared between women, and how acts of harm can be confused with acts of love"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; McLaren, Leah; McLaren, Leah; Adult children of divorced parents; Children of divorced parents; Children of divorced parents; Children of rape victims; Mothers and daughters; Authors, Canadian (English);
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Knight of cups [videorecording] / by Bale, Christian,1974-actor.; Banderas, Antonio,actor.; Bentley, Wes,1978-actor.; Blanchett, Cate,1969-actor.; Dennehy, Brian,actor.; Malick, Terrence,1943-film director,screenwriter.; Pinto, Freida,1984-actor.; Portman, Natalie,1981-actor.; Broad Green Pictures (Firm),publisher.; Waypoint Entertainment (Firm);
Music, Hanan Townshend ; editors, Geoffrey Richman, Keith Fraase, A.J. Edwards ; director of photography, Emmanuel Lubezki.Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, Brian Dennehy, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Wes Bentley.The story follows writer Rick on an odyssey through the playgrounds of Los Angeles and Las Vegas as he undertakes a search for love and self. Even as he moves through a desire-laden landscape of mansions, resorts, beaches and clubs, Rick grapples with complicated relationships with his brother and father. His quest to break the spell of his disenchantment takes him on a series of adventures with six alluring women.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Authors; Man-woman relationships; Self-actualization (Psychology);
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J.T. LeRoy [videorecording] / by Dern, Laura,actor.; Kelly, Justin(Director),film director,screenwriter.; Knoop, Savannah,screenwriter.; Kruger, Diane,1976-actor.; Stewart, Kristen,1990-actor.; Sturgess, Jim,actor.; Walmsley, Patrick,film producer.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Knoop, Savannah.Girl boy girl.; Elevated Films (Firm),production company.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Kristen Stewart, Diane Kruger, Laura Dern, Jim Sturgess, Courtney Love, Stella Maxwell, James Jagger.Based on Savannah Knoop's memoir Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT Leroy, this captivating true story goes beyond the headlines to tell the story of the most compelling literary hoax of recent times. Laura Albert writes as her avatar, 'a disenfranchised young queer man' named JT LeRoy. When her debut novel becomes a best-seller and JT becomes the darling of the literary world, she comes up with a unique solution to preserve her anonymity but give life to her nom-de-plume.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language throughout, sexual content and brief nudity.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Knoop, Savannah; LeRoy, J. T., 1980-; Female friendship; Ghostwriters; Hoaxes; Impostors and imposture; Women authors;
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Almost brown : a mixed-race family memoir / by Gill, Charlotte,1971-author.;
"An award-winning writer retraces her dysfunctional, biracial, globe-trotting family's journey as she reckons with ethnicity and belonging, diversity and race, and the complexities of life within a multicultural household. Charlotte Gill's father is Indian. Her mother is English. They meet in 1960's London when the world is not quite ready for interracial love. Their union, a revolutionary act, results in a total meltdown of familial relations, a lot of immigration paperwork, and three children, all in varying shades of tan. Together they set off on a journey from the United Kingdom to Canada and to the United States in elusive pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness--a dream that eventually tears them apart. Almost Brown is an exploration of diasporic intermingling involving parents of two different races and their half-brown children as they experience the paradoxes and conundrums of life as it's lived between race checkboxes. Eventually, her parents drift apart because they just aren't compatible. But as she finds herself distancing from her father too--why is she embarrassed to walk down the street with him and not her mom?--she doesn't know if it's because of his personality or his race. As a mixed-race child, was this her own unconscious bias favoring one parent over the other in the racial tug-of-war that plagues our society? Almost Brown looks for answers to questions shared by many mixed-race people: What are you? What does it mean to be a person of color when the concept is a societal invention and really only applies halfway if you are half white? And how does your relationship with your parents change as you change and grow older? In a funny, turbulent, and ultimately heartwarming story, Gill examines the brilliant messiness of ancestry, "diversity," and the idea of "race," a historical concept that still informs our beliefs about ethnicity today"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Gill, Charlotte, 1971-; Gill, Charlotte, 1971-; Identity (Psychology); Immigrants; Race awareness in children.; Racially mixed families; Racially mixed families; Racially mixed people; Racially mixed people; Racially mixed women; Women authors, Canadian; Race;
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Dirty work : my gruelling, glorious, life-changing summer in the wilderness / by Maxymiw, Anna,author.;
"Wild meets Priestdaddy in this humorous, affecting, keenly observed memoir about daring to go outside of what's comfortable--and being open and ready for all the possibilities. When Anna Maxymiw accepts a summer job as a housekeeper at a fishing lodge in Northern Ontario, she has little idea what to expect. As a child, she goes fishing with her father and brother in Toronto's High Park; as a teenager on a family fishing trip, following the death of her uncle, she finds herself indelibly altered by the thrill of bringing a pike to the surface. At 23, when she decides to leave behind her masters degree and city life, and board a floatplane bound for the remote boreal forest near James Bay, new challenges and unexpected joy await. For 67 days, Anna is one of a group of young women and men who will keep the lodge running. While the male dockhands and fishing guides head out on the water with the fishermen who are the lodge's guests, the women housekeep and serve. Against the backdrop of a vast lake; wild storms; and hot days and eerily still nights, friendships develop, and Anna encounters bears, bugs, and the lore surrounding the lake's legendary pike. As the summer progresses, and the ownership of the lodge changes hands, tensions build to a breaking point. Warm, funny, vulnerable, and wise, Anna Maxymiw gives us a singular perspective on an age-old impulse. She shows us what it's really like to let go of yourself, your insecurities and fears--all the things that hold us back--and move through a summer welcoming all the surprises and possibilities, both good and bad, with open arms and a willingness to be changed by them. An unforgettable memoir, Dirty Work is for anyone who's ever felt the urge to feel uncomfortable and wondered how they'd fare and who they'd be when they came out on the other side."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Maxymiw, Anna.; Authors, Canadian (English); Fishing lodges; Outdoor life.; Self-actualization (Psychology);
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Origin [videorecording] / by Averick, Spencer,editor.; Bernthal, Jon,actor.; Bowers, Chris,composer.; DuVernay, Ava,screenwriter,film director.; Ellis, Aunjanue,actor.; Farmiga, Vera,actor.; Lloyd, Matthew J.,director of photography.; Mayhew, Ina,production designer.; McDonald, Audra,actor.; Nash, Niecy,actor.; based on (expression):Wilkerson, Isabel.Caste (Young adult adaptation); Decal (Firm),film distributor.; Neon (Firm),production company.;
Music by Kris Bowers ; edited by Spencer Averick A.C.E. ; production designer Ina Mayhew ; director of photography Matthew J. Lloyd, ASC.Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, and Niecy Nash-Betts."While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist experiences soaring love and unfathomable loss as she uncovers the beauty of human resilience. Inspired by the New York Times best seller "Caste" and starting Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Ava DuVernay's Origin explores the mystery of history, the wonders of romance and a fight for the future of us all."Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13 ; thematic material involving racism, violence, some disturbing images, language and smoking.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Wilkerson, Isabel; African American women authors; Caste; Classism; Ethnicity; Man-woman relationships; Power (Social sciences); Social classes; Social stratification;
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Colette [videorecording] / by Glaser, Richard,screenwriter.; Gough, Denise,actor.; Karlsen, Elizabeth,film producer.; Knightley, Keira,1985-actor.; Koffler, Pamela R.,film producer.; Lenkiewicz, Rebecca,screenwriter.; Litvak, Michel,film producer.; Shaw, Fiona,1958-actor.; Vachon, Christine,film producer.; Walters, Gary Michael,film producer.; West, Dominic,1969-actor.; Westmoreland, Wash,film director,screenwriter.; Woolley, Stephen,film producer.; 30West (Firm),production company.; Bleecker Street (Firm),production company.; Bold Films,production company.; British Film Institute,production company.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.; Killer Films,production company.; Number 9 Films,production company.;
Original music by Thomas Adès ; editor, Lucia Zucchetti ; director of photography, Giles Nuttgens.Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Denise Gough, Fiona Shaw, Eleanor Tomlinson, Robert Pugh, Aiysha Hart.After marrying 'Willy,' a successful Parisian writer, Colette is transplanted to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation, inspiring additional Claudine novels. Colette's fight over creative ownership and gender roles drives her to overcome societal constraints, revolutionizing literature, fashion and sexual expression.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for some sexuality/nudity.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Colette, 1873-1954; Authors, French; Man-woman relationships; Women authors, French;
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Restaurant kid : a memoir of family and belonging / by Phan, Rachel,author.;
"A warm and poignant narrative about finding one's self amidst the grind of restaurant life, the cross-generational immigrant experience, and a daughter's attempts to connect with parents who have always been just out of reach. When she was three years old, Rachel Phan met her replacement. Instead of a new sibling, her mother and father's time and attention were suddenly devoted entirely to their new family restaurant. For her parents--whose own families fled China during Japanese occupation and then survived bombs and starvation during the war in Vietnam--it was a dream come true. For Phan, it was something quite different. Overnight, she became a restaurant kid, living on the periphery of her own family and trying her best to stay out of the way. As Phan grew up, the restaurant was the most stalwart and suffocating member of her family. For decades, it's been both their crowning achievement and the origin of so much of their pain and suffering: screaming matches complete with smashed dishes; bodies worn down by long hours and repetitive strain; and tenuous relationships where the family loved one another deeply without ever really knowing each other. In Restaurant Kid, Phan seeks to examine the way her life has been shaped by the rigid boxes placed around her. She had to be a "good daughter," never asking questions, always being grateful. She had to be a "real Canadian," watching hockey and speaking English so flawlessly that her tongue has since forgotten how to contort around Cantonese tones. As the only Chinese girl at school, she had to alternate between being the sidekick, geek, or Asian fetish, depending on whose gaze was on her. Now, three decades after their restaurant first opened, Phan's parents are cautiously talking about retirement. As an adult, Phan's "good daughter" role demands something new of her--and a chance to get to know her parents away from the restaurant. In Restaurant Kid, Phan deftly combines candour, wit and insight to craft a vibrant and important narrative on the strength and foibles of family, and how we come to understand ourselves."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Phan, Rachel.; Phan, Rachel; Children of immigrants; Restaurateurs; Restaurateurs; Chinese Canadian women;
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