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Of Vengeance
101 Fascinating Hockey Facts
101 Fascinating Hockey Facts
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Bonjour Shanghai
Carve the Heart
Carve the Heart
The Man with the Black Valise
The Man with the Black Valise
Safe Harbour
Safe Harbour
The Grey Zone
The Grey Zone
Jacintha
Jacintha
Masters of the Air
Masters of the Air
Becoming a Somebody
Becoming a Somebody
The Lusitania Sinking
The Lusitania Sinking
A Victory Garden for Trying Times
A Victory Garden for Trying Times
Red Oblivion
Red Oblivion
Michael Snow
Michael Snow
In Rhino We Trust
In Rhino We Trust
The Flyer Vault
The Flyer Vault
Quinn and the Quiet, Quiet
Quinn and the Quiet, Quiet
Broken Man on a Halifax Pier
Broken Man on a Halifax Pier
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Lion’s Head Revisited
Lion’s Head Revisited
Seven
Seven
Eerie Edmonton
Eerie Edmonton
Boy
Boy
Raising Your Kids Without Losing Your Cool
Raising Your Kids Without Losing Your Cool
Toronto’s Lost Villages
Toronto’s Lost Villages
The Age of Fentanyl
The Age of Fentanyl
Patchwork Society
Patchwork Society
Love Her Madly
Love Her Madly
Tell Me My Name
Tell Me My Name
The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass
The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass
The Complex Arms
The Complex Arms
Canada, A Working History
Canada, A Working History
Bury Your Horses
Bury Your Horses
The Lost Scroll of the Physician
The Lost Scroll of the Physician
Never Forget
Never Forget
Until Niagara Falls
Until Niagara Falls
Evie of the Deepthorn
Evie of the Deepthorn
Modest Hopes
Modest Hopes
River of Lies
River of Lies
Bestsellers
101 Fascinating Hockey Facts
101 Fascinating Hockey Facts
The Flyer Vault
The Flyer Vault
Stowaway
Stowaway
The Great Canadian Bucket List
The Great Canadian Bucket List
The Sport and Prey of Capitalists
The Sport and Prey of Capitalists
A Trail Called Home
A Trail Called Home
Broken Man on a Halifax Pier
Broken Man on a Halifax Pier
The Man with the Black Valise
The Man with the Black Valise
Food Security
Food Security
The Great Escape
The Great Escape
Bomb Girls
Bomb Girls
Safe Harbour
Safe Harbour
Ready to Come About
Ready to Come About
The Avro Arrow
The Avro Arrow
The Canadian Constitution
The Canadian Constitution
Foreword by David Johnston Governor General of Canada
Introduction by The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin
Red Wolf
Red Wolf
Waterloo You Never Knew
Waterloo You Never Knew
Hawk
Hawk
The Grey Zone
The Grey Zone
In Rhino We Trust
In Rhino We Trust
The Dundurn Blog
Four years ago, my husband, Chris Wong, and I were awoken by a phone call in the wee hours of the morning. It was his father’s housekeeper calling from Hong Kong, in a panic, to say Chris’s father had keeled over and been rushed to hospital and into surgery. Chris, his sister, and I caught the first flight from Toronto to Hong Kong. So began a very stressful period, as we watched this formidable, self-made man — still intimidating at age ninety-four — fight to hang on while in a state of protracted decline.
As a writer of memoir, I’ve experienced the dominoes of fear; fear of starting, fear of failure, fear of telling the whole truth, fear of hurting others. In the big picture of life, I am no stranger to feeling fear and taking action anyhow. I had reached the jumping off point where telling my story felt more important than avoiding my fear of the dark places that could lead.
For me the hardest part about writing literary fiction is having something to work with. Once you have a full draft it’s only a matter of time before it becomes what it is. But building out that first draft, in the face of everything that it could be, that it will not be, that you want it to be—that’s difficult.
North Bay Soar, Adam, Soar Signing
Rick returns home for the holidays and will be at Twiggs signing Soar, Adam, Soar.
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A Victory Garden for Trying Times
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Where the Ice Falls
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Red Oblivion
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River of Lies
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Never Forget
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