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The virgin cure [Book Club Set] / by McKay, Ami,1968-;
Available copies: 19 / Total copies: 19
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The virgin cure / by McKay, Ami,1968-;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Brothels; Mothers and daughters;
© c2011., Knopf Canada,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The birth house / by McKay, Ami,1968-;
Practicing midwife Dora Rare works in Scots Bay, Nova Scotia during the early part of the twentieth century, but the midwifery tradition is threatened when medical doctor Gilbert Thomas arrives with promises of fast, painless childbirth.
Subjects: Canadian fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Acadians; Childbirth; Midwifery; Nineteen tens; Obstetricians; World War, 1914-1918;
© c2006., A.A. Knopf Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The witches of New York / by McKay, Ami,1968-author.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Witches; Witchcraft; Magic; Fortune-telling; Tearooms; Social classes; Missing persons;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Half spent was the night : a witches' yuletide / by McKay, Ami,1968-author.;
"Beloved author Ami McKay is back with a magical sequel to her bestseller, The Witches of New York, that tells us what happened next in the lives of her three fascinating witches. During the nights between Christmas and New Year's, the witches of New York--Adelaide Thom, Eleanor St. Clair and the youngest, Beatrice Dunn--gather before the fire to tell ghost stories and perform traditional Yuletide divinations. (Did you know that roasting chestnuts were once used to foretell one's fate?) As the witches seek their fortunes, a series of odd messages arrive, with the strangest of them landing on their doorstep on New Year's Eve. A young waif has brought them a mysterious woman, who informs the witches that she has come in search of Mr. Palsham, a man they had hoped was in their past. Even Eleanor's beloved familiar, the raven Perdu, is disturbed by the mention of his name. And so, as Gilded-Age New York prepares to ring in the new year, the witches find themselves on the hunt for a dangerous man, a man who might be more than human, a man who might well be the end of them."--
Subjects: Christmas fiction.; Historical fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Witches; Witchcraft; Magic; Fortune-telling; Christmas; New Year;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Daughter of Family G : a memoir of cancer genes, love and fate. by McKay, Ami,1968-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Weaving together family history, genetic discovery, and scenes from her life, Ami McKay tells the compelling, true-science story of her own family's unsettling legacy of hereditary cancer while exploring the challenges that come from carrying the mutation that not only killed many people you loved, but might also kill you. The story of Ami McKay's connection to a genetic disorder called Lynch syndrome begins over seventy years before she was born and long before scientists discovered DNA. In 1895 her great-great aunt, Pauline Gross, a seamstress in Ann Arbor, Michigan, confided to a pathology professor at the local university that she expected to die young, like so many others in her family. Rather than dismiss her fears, the pathologist chose to enlist Pauline in the careful tracking of those in her family tree who had died of cancer. Pauline's premonition proved true-- she died at 46-- but because of her efforts, her family (who the pathologist dubbed 'Family G') would become the longest and most detailed cancer genealogy ever studied in the world. A century after Pauline's confession, researchers would identify the genetic mutation responsible for the family's woes. Now known as Lynch syndrome, the genetic condition predisposes its carriers to several types of cancer, including colorectal, endometrial, ovarian and pancreatic. In 2001, as a young mother with two sons and a keen interest in survival, Ami McKay was among the first to be tested for Lynch syndrome. She had a feeling she'd test positive: her mother's side of the family was riddled with early deaths and her own mother was being treated for the disease. When the test proved her fears true, she began living in "an unsettling state between wellness and cancer," and she's been there ever since. Intimate, candid, and probing, her genetic memoir tells a fascinating story, teasing out the many ways to live with the hand you are dealt."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; McKay, Ami, 1968-; McKay, Ami, 1968-; McKay, Ami, 1968-; Genetic disorders; Cancer; Authors, Canadian;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The celestial wife : a novel / by Howard, Leslie,1953-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Keep sweet no matter what, for this is the way to be lifted up Keep sweet with every breath, for it is a matter of life or death 1964. Fifteen-year-old Daisy Shoemaker dreams of life beyond her small, isolated fundamentalist Mormon community of Redemption on the Canada--US border--despite Bishop Thorsen's warning that the outside world is full of sin. According to the Principle, the only way to enter the celestial kingdom is through plural marriage. While the boys are taught to work in the lucrative sawmill that supports their enclave, Daisy and her best friend, Brighten, are instructed to keep sweet and wait for Placement--the day the bishop will choose a husband for them. But Daisy wants to be more than a sister-wife and a mother. So when she is placed with a man forty years her senior, she makes the daring decision to flee Redemption. Years later, Daisy has a job and a group of trustworthy friends. Emboldened by the ideas of the feminist and counterculture movements, she is freer than she has ever been ... until Brighten reaches out with a cry for help and Daisy's past comes hurtling back. But to save the women she left behind, Daisy must risk her newfound independence and return to Redemption, where hellfire surely awaits. For readers of Emma Cline's The Girls and Ami McKay's The Virgin Cure comes an arresting coming-of-age novel about a fearless young girl's fight for freedom at a time of great historic change."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Communal living; Latter Day Saints; Nineteen sixties; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women; Teenage girls;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The Celestial Wife A Novel [electronic resource] : by Howard, Leslie.aut; cloudLibrary;
A young fundamentalist Mormon girl facing a forced marriage escapes her strict, polygamist community and comes of age in the tumultuous 1960s in this captivating novel inspired by shockingly true events. Keep sweet no matter what, for this is the way to be lifted up Keep sweet with every breath, for it is a matter of life or death 1964. Fifteen-year-old Daisy Shoemaker dreams of life beyond her small, isolated fundamentalist Mormon community of Redemption on the Canada—US border—despite Bishop Thorsen’s warning that the outside world is full of sin. According to the Principle, the only way to enter the celestial kingdom is through plural marriage. While the boys are taught to work in the lucrative sawmill that supports their enclave, Daisy and her best friend, Brighten, are instructed to keep sweet and wait for Placement—the day the bishop will choose a husband for them. But Daisy wants to be more than a sister-wife and a mother. So when she is placed with a man forty years her senior, she makes the daring decision to flee Redemption. Years later, Daisy has a job and a group of trustworthy friends. Emboldened by the ideas of the feminist and counterculture movements, she is freer than she has ever been…until Brighten reaches out with a cry for help and Daisy’s past comes hurtling back. But to save the women she left behind, Daisy must risk her newfound independence and return to Redemption, where hellfire surely awaits. For readers of Emma Cline’s The Girls and Ami McKay’s The Virgin Cure comes an arresting coming-of-age novel about a fearless young girl’s fight for freedom at a time of great historic change.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Coming of Age; Contemporary Women; Historical;
© 2024., Simon & Schuster,
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Vice [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Bale, Christian; Adams, Amy; Carell, Steve; Rockwell, Sam; Plemons, Jesse; Pill, Alison;
Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Jesse Plemons, Alison Pill.Director, Adam Mckay.Blu-ray.MPAA rating: R.The story of Dick Cheney, a Washington insider and bureaucrat, who George W. Bush picked to run with him in the 2000 election, representing the Republican Party. After winning the election, Dick Cheney acquired substantial power and began to reshape the United States, along with the world, in ways that are still noticeable today.
Subjects: Drama.; Drama.; Comedy.;
© 2019., Fox Video,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Vice [videorecording] / by Adams, Amy,actor.; Bale, Christian,1974-actor.; Carell, Steve,1963-actor.; McKay, Adam,1968-film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Pill, Alison,1985-actor.; Plemons, Jesse,1988-actor.; Rockwell, Sam,actor.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),publisher.;
Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Jesse Plemons, Alison Pill.The story of Dick Cheney, a Washington insider and bureaucrat, who George W. Bush picked to run with him in the 2000 election, representing the Republican Party. After winning the election, Dick Cheney acquired substantial power and began to reshape the United States, along with the world, in ways that are still noticeable today.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language and some violent images.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Historical films.; Political films.; Biographical films.; Feature films.; Cheney, Richard B.; Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; Rumsfeld, Donald, 1932-; Vice-Presidents; Vice-Presidential candidates; Political campaigns;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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