Joan Clark: 13 books

From the bestselling author of Latitudes of Melt and An Audience of Chairs: The Birthday Lunch is the story of one pivotal week in the life of a family facing a tragic loss, rich with dramatic tension and beautifully rendered. ** ** Free-spirited Lily has always played the peacemaker between her...

Joan Clark’s An Audience of Chairs opens with Moranna MacKenzie living alone in her ancestral Cape Breton farmhouse, waging a war with the symptoms of bipolar disorder and grieving the loss of her two daughters, taken from her over thirty years previously. There are few people remaining in her life,...

Cook these recipes up, and keep blood sugar down. With over 325 delicious and healthy recipes, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to the Glycemic Index Cookbook is an invaluable reference for choosing foods according to their GI, a system of classifying carbohydrate-based foods by how much they raise...

The rapid emergence of Type 2 diabetes has become one of the most urgent health issues facing not only Americans, but people around the globe. For those suffering from diabetes, managing their disease is a delicate and often confusing balancing act that is highly unpredicatable and can be, at times,...

A fully updated and expanded edition of a weight loss program that readers can count on. This fully updated and expanded edition clearly explains just how and why a glycemic index diet works by showing readers how to eat the right kind of foods: more complex carbohydrates, fibre, grains, and fruit....

Set in the 19th century and inspired by Edith Whartons women who were not passive victims of their lives, Fredericks Heir is the story of two girls who defy the conventions of convent school and parties, the social system of Paris.Fredrica Navarreau, known as Rica, tries to live up to her grandfathers...

The writings in this book have been compiled over several years, with the help of my partner, the Holy Spirit. Most of them I had no choice to write. I have called the writings Burps, as that is what it seems like, when they begin. They come out suddenly, and I feel that I have no choice but to write...

Set against the vividly described Prairies in the heart of a cloistered religious sect, this is a gripping novel from a beloved Canadian author. Fifteen-year-old Jim Hobbs, alienated from life in Toronto, hitchhikes to the Prairies on a whim, where he finds shelter in an abandoned farmhouse....

Becoming a widow is one of the most traumatic life events that a woman can experience. Yet, as this remarkable new collection reveals, each woman responds to that trauma differently. Here, forty-three widows tell their stories, in their own words. Some were widowed young, while others were...

Excellent social work education and training is vital for ensuring best practice, and it is important to understand the key approaches and methods in order to provide the best teaching and ensure effective learning. This volume provides an overview of social work education, including the background...

If life didn't challenge us, how could we know how strong we are? How would we learn who we are capable of becoming. This book is a compilation of inspiring short stories in which real people share how they put together the pieces of their life puzzles and learned from their experiences rather than being...

Russian soldier Evgeny Petrovsky is in the house when the tsar and his family are executed in 1918. He risks his life by taking a vest belonging to the royal family. He deserts the army and after a treacherous journey, arrives barely alive at his home in Valischok. When his two sons, Alexei and Ilia...

From the Back Cover: The nineteenth century was the golden age of New Orleans theatre. Two young sisters began their careers dancing on the stage of the St. Charles Theatre. One of the sisters ran away in hopes of becoming a famous actress. With her long dark hair, large sad eyes, years of hard work...