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Moving on is hard. Even harder when it’s from a make-believe friend—someone, or in this instance, some thing—who’s been your strongest source of support. On what should be one of the happiest days ever, the day her granddaughter is born, Minoo is faced with a terrible choice: make a clean break from her constant companion, a sock puppet named Ecology Paul, or lose her daughter and granddaughter, and maybe all of the people she loves. On an emotional drive home from the hospital, Ecology Paul shares the story of how Minoo got to this point, recalling Minoo’s early teenage pregnancy in Iran, her exile to Canada, her questions about her sexuality, and how a ragtag sock puppet came to her when she desperately needed to be seen. Full of imagination, whimsy and heart, The Unravelling of Ou follows Minoo’s struggles to justify the puppet’s existence and untangle herself from her dependence on it, and reconnect with the people she loves.

Praise for The Unravelling of Ou

“Wildly original and captivating. A phenomenal examination of female shame, sexuality, queerness, motherhood, and intimacy, Hollay Ghadery writes with sensitivity and resonating beauty through an unconventional narrator: a sock puppet, Ecology Paul, who delivers the emotional coming-of-age tale of young Minoo with whimsy and emotional depth. Minoo feels trapped in her body and guilt over its sensual pleasures, as she grapples with a complicated relationship with a traditional Iranian mother. In The Unravelling of Ou, the immigrant Canadian narrative is dismantled, and headstrong mothers and daughters clash with patriarchal structures that want to control their bodies, their vanity, and their desires. Vulnerable, brave, and heartbreaking, this powerful novel asks: how do women function in a world that is not designed to love them back? How do oppressed individuals understand and ultimately save themselves? Ghadery delivers answers in a lyrical and imaginative debut.”—Lindsay Wong, Villain Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies

“With poignant and delicate prose, The Unraveling of Ou draws the reader in through the unique voice of Minoo’s puppet. Ou knows all the secrets for Ou lives inside Minoo, and only Ou can reveal the depth of the brutal choice forced upon Minoo by her mother when she was a little girl. It’s a choice that shapes Minoo’s life in irreversible ways, even after estrangement from its root cause. A daring, not-to-be-missed short novel by the one and only Hollay Ghadery.”—Nilofar-Lily Soltani, author of Zulaikha

“The Unraveling of Ou is wonderfully layered, with a compelling plot and deeply realized characters. Its bracingly effective central conceit—first person narration by the protagonist’s sock puppet—is fresh and satisfying and, ultimately, quite moving.”—K.R. Wilson, author of Call Me Stan and An Idea About My Dead Uncle

“This novel is a delicious titration of acts of betrayal and care. I’ve never read anything like it before and yet it felt familiar in hard-to-reach places of the soul.”—Margo LaPierre, editor and author of Ajar

“Ghadery has written a surprising narrative that interrogates the treatment of young women caught in the crossfire of cultural norms and mental health.  Beautifully told with her trademark use of evocative and poetic language, Ghadery has once again challenged readers to ponder identity and what it means to be seen.”—Lucy E.M. Black, author A Quilting of Scars, The Brickworks, Class Lessons: Stories of Vulnerable Youth

From Canada's much-missed, nationally bestselling storyteller, a must-have collection featuring ten never-before-published stories and ten classic favourites, perfect for old fans and Vinyl Cafe newcomers alike.

From the unforgettable Christmas classic “Dave Cooks the Turkey” to the tender tribute to ice-cream-loving, potato-sitting Arthur the dog in “Morte d’Arthur”; from the joys and challenges of marriage in “The Canoe Trip” to the celebration of childhood adventure in “The Waterslide.” 
 
From the beginning of life (the hilarious “Labour Pains”) to the end (the touching “Love Never Ends”) and all the moments—big and small—in between, these stories remind us that there are occasions to celebrate every day.

For more than two decades, Stuart McLean entered the hearts and homes of Canadians via The Vinyl Cafe radio show, his many tours across the country, and multiple nationally bestselling books. His charming, humane, and side-splitting stories brought the trials and triumphs of Dave, Morley, Sam, and Stephanie to life, and made their memorable circle of friends, family, and neighbours as real as our own.

This collection is both timely and timeless, a rich celebration of Stuart McLean's inimitable voice, and of the importance of love, community, kindness, and the healing power of laughter.

From the #1 bestselling author of The Push, a propulsive page-turner about four suburban families whose lives are changed when the unthinkable happens—and what is lost when good people make unconscionable choices.

On Harlow Street, the well-to-do neighbour­hood couples and their children gather for a barbecue as the summer winds down. Everything is fabulous until Whitney, the picture-perfect hostess, explodes in fury because her son disobeys her. Everyone at the party hears her exquisite veneer crack—loud and clear. Before long, that same young boy falls from his bedside window in the middle of the night. And then his mother can only sit by her son’s hospital bed, where his life hangs in the balance.

Over the course of a tense three days, the women of the neighborhood grapple with what led to that terrible night. People-pleasing Blair, Whitney’s best friend, suspects something isn’t as it seems. Rebecca, the ER doctor who helps treat Whit­ney’s son, has struggled to have a child of her own. And the all-knowing Mara, the older woman next door, watches everyone’s world unravel from her front porch.

Exploring envy, women’s friendships, desire, and the intuitions that we silence, The Whispers is a chilling novel that marks Ashley Audrain as a major fiction talent.

A print featuring a winter view of Willistead Manor, full of winter blues and purples! But don't worry, looks like there's a warm gathering happening inside. 

Take a look at HAVEFUN Hockey's other prints in the Windsor collection for a unique print of a local attraction.

Each individual print is 11x11" and packaged in a cellophane bag.
Framed prints are 13x13 and include a black or white thin wood frame.

Santa knows what you've been up to...

- blank inside
- A2 size: 4.25" x 5.5" 
- printed on matte white cardstock
- comes with red envelope, cellophane sleeve
- designed and printed in Toronto, Canada. 

Need somewhere to jot down your to-do list of things you'll accomplish only AFTER you have your coffee? Here it is.

NOTEPAD DETAILS 

• 4.25" x 5.5" or 10.16cm x 12.7cm Notepad

• Professionally printed on smooth, bright white, 80lb uncoated paper

• with kraft brown backing for support

• 25 pages per notepad

Note: Colours may vary slightly due to monitor settings.

A nice little notepad for writing down tasks. If you write it down, you'll remember it for when you're done reading. Everything can be dealt with... later. 

NOTEPAD DETAILS 

• 4.25" x 5.5" or 10.16cm x 12.7cm Notepad

• Professionally printed on smooth, bright white, 80lb uncoated paper

• with kraft brown backing for support

• 25 pages per notepad

Note: Colours may vary slightly due to monitor settings.

An affecting glimpse into the ways millennials cope with mental health struggles

Clara's at a breaking point. She's got writer's block, her friends ask a lot without giving much, her psychologist is useless, and her demanding publishing job leaves little time for self care. She seeks solace in the community around her, yet, while her friends provide support and comfort, she is often left feeling empty, unable to express an underlying depression that leaves her immobilized and stifles any attempts at completing her poetry collection. In This Is How I Disappear, Mirion Malle paints an empathetic portrait of a young woman wrestling with psychological stress and the trauma following a sexual assault.

Malle displays frankness and a remarkable emotional intelligence as she explores depression, isolation, and self-harm in her expertly drawn novel. Her heroine battles an onslaught of painful emotions and while Clara can provide consolation to those around her, she finds it difficult to bestow the same understanding on herself. Only when she allows her community to guide her toward self-love does she find relief.

Filled with 21st century idioms and social media communication, This Is How I Disappear opens a window onto the lives of young people as they face a barrage of mental health hurdles. Scenes of sisterhood, fun nights out singing karaoke, and impromptu FaceTime therapy sessions show how this generation is coping, connecting, and healing together.

Mirion Malle is a French cartoonist and illustrator who lives in Montreal. She studied comics at the École Superieure des Arts Saint-Luc in Brussels before pursuing a master's degree in sociology specializing in gender and feminist studies, via Université Paris Diderot and the Université du Québec á Montréal. Malle has published three books. The League of Super Feminists was her first book to be translated into English and was nominated for the 2020 Prix Jeunesse at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.

A charming 7x7in book centred around the author's backyard cat, Klaus! Each page is illustrated with Klaus and his adventures and friends in his South Walkerville backyard. This is a perfect gift for cat lovers, gardeners, kids, birdwatchers, or anyone else!

The cover is printed on a sturdy 12pt paper and the inside on an 100lb glossy text.
A portion of every book sold goes to the Windsor Essex Humane Society (www.windsorhumane.org).