Adult Braille Books – Fiction
Family Stories
BR74283
Turtle valley by Gail Anderson-Dargatz.
3 v. of braille.
Kat has returned with her disabled husband and young son to her family's homestead in Turtle Valley, to help her frail parents pack their belongings before forest fires destroy everything. Kat's mother, Beth, (from "The Cure for Death by Lightning") is weighed down by her ailing husband, and also by a secret she has guarded all her life. Kat is determined to get to its source before fire eats up all that is left of the family's memories. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2007.
BR74425
Songs of the humpback whale: a novel in five voices by Jodi Picoult.
5 v. of braille.
Each character tells his or her side of the story about Jane leaving her husband, Oliver, in San Diego, and taking along their teenaged daughter, Rebecca. Driving east toward Jane's brother Joley's place, Jane and Rebecca follow directions that Joley posts along the way. Later Sam enters the picture, and Oliver uses his oceanographic research skills to track his family down. Some strong language and descriptions of sex and violence. 1992.
Top
General Fiction
BR74518
October by Richard B. Wright.
3 v. of braille.
In England to see his daughter, Susan, who is gravely ill, James Hillyer, a retired professor, has a chance encounter with Gabriel Fontaine, an American he met in the Gaspé during the war. James had been both attracted to and repelled by Gabriel's cocksure attitude, and he was also in competition with him for Odette, a local French-Canadian girl. As James struggles with the possibility that he could outlive his own daughter, and now seeing Gabriel crippled by polio, James is asked by Gabriel to accompany him on a final, unthinkable journey. 2007.
Top
Love Stories (Fiction)
BR74259
Afterwards by Rachel Seiffert.
3 v. of braille.
Almost a decade has passed since Joseph, then a soldier, killed a suspected IRA terrorist, but the incident haunts him still. Alice, a therapist, resents Joseph shutting her out of his life, and is further upset by the recent death of her grandmother. When Joseph offers to do some free decorating at her grandfather David's house, an easy rapport develops between the two reticent men, until things go wrong. Some descriptions of sex, violence and strong language. 2007.
BR74777
Against the wall by Lyn Stone.
3 v. of braille.
One minute she was tending an injured patient; the next, her familiar world had vanished and Dr. Solange Micheaux was on the run with Special Agent Jack Mercier, his reluctant partner in a deadly race against time. She had been in the wrong place at the wrong time and Jack had no choice but to take her with him, but now Solange was critical to the success of his mission. All he had to do was keep her safe. 2004.
Top
BR74778
Guardian of the night by Debra Webb.
3 v. of braille.
Former military intelligence officer Noah Drake exiled himself to a small island off the coast of Georgia after the side effects of an untested drug destroyed his body's tolerance to light. But because of his sacrifice, he brought down a dangerous traitor. Now, five years later, Noah's adversary is back to settle the score. The man moved as stealthily as a shadow, but Specialist Maggie "Blue" Callahan had her assignment -- to protect Noah at all costs. And no matter how much Noah protested, she would carry it out. Except that was becoming increasingly difficult with the seductive siren call of the night. Would its inexorable rhythm sentence them both to the all-consuming darkness? 2003.
Top
Mysteries (Fiction)
BR74459
The sleeping doll by Jeffery Deaver.
6 v. of braille.
California cop and kinesics expert Kathryn Dance, from "The Cold Moon", hunts for Daniel Pell, the escaped serial killer and cult leader who massacred the Croyton family. Dance enlists the help of three of Pell's former female followers to track Pell's movements. Violence and strong language. 2007.
BI00713
Mystery Ink: an anthology of mystery stories by Ontario writers by edited by Jake Doherty.
3 v. of braille, uncontracted.
A collection of 18 mystery stories, all of which capture both something criminal and various parts of Ontario, from Timmins to Port Hope to Gananoque. Authors include Eric Wright, Mary Jane Maffini, and Rick Mofina. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. 2007.
Top
BR74543
Kennedy's brain by Henning Mankell.
4 v. of braille.
Swedish archaeologist Louise Cantor returns from a dig to find her son, Henrik, an apparent suicide. Although the clues are scant - Henrik is found in pajamas when he always slept nude; his computer is missing - Cantor knows he was murdered and sets out to prove it. As she puzzles over Henrik's obsession with the post-autopsy disappearance of JFK's brain and retraces her son's work with African AIDS patients, Cantor thinks in terms of reassembling pottery shards. But there may be vase breakers afoot willing to do anything to keep her from unearthing the truth. Some descriptions of violence. 2007.
BR74427
18 seconds by George D. Shuman.
4 v. of braille.
Wildwood, New Jersey police lieutenant Kelly O'Shaughnessy is stymied over the disappearance of young women. When an old man's untimely death leads investigative consultant Sherry Moore, blind and with the extraordinary ability to "see" the deceased's last eighteen seconds of memory by touching the corpse, to Wildwood, O'Shaughnessy's desperation forces her to accept Sherry's help, but not without consequence. Descriptions of sex, explicit violence and strong language. 2006.
Top
Short Stories
BR74535
The deportees and other stories by Roddy Doyle.
3 v. of braille.
Short stories, each taking a new slant on the immigrant experience in Ireland. In "Guess Who's Coming to the Dinner", a father who prides himself on his open-mindedness is forced to confront his feelings when one of his daughters brings home a black fella. In "57 per cent Irish" Ray Brady tries to devise a test of Irishness by measuring reactions to Robbie Keane's goal against Germany in the 2002 World Cup, Riverdance and "Danny Boy". In "Deportees", Jimmy Rabbitte, the man who formed The Commitments, decides it's time to find a new band, and this time no White Irish need apply. Some descriptions of sex and violence, and strong language. 2007.
BR74522
Zero gravity by Sharon English.
3 v. of braille.
The author's second collection of short stories. The book is rooted in Vancouver, with side trips to British Columbia's Kootenay mountains, Montreal and Delphi, Greece. English's characters lead accelerated lives only to be seized by spiritual emptiness. They attempt to escape by joining, by quitting, or by falling in and out of love. Descriptions of sex, and some strong language. 2006.
Top
Suspense (Fiction)
BR74779
Her hidden truth by Debra Webb.
2 v. of braille.
Operative Vince Ferelli had one vulnerability - Katrina Moore. Kat had been fitted with a new memory implant to protect her identity while undercover, but the device had malfunctioned and put her in serious jeopardy. Only Vince could save her, and only if they pretended that they were a passionate couple. That would be torture for Vince, because he still loved Kat - and he sure hoped she wouldn't kill him when this case was closed! Descriptions of sex and violence. 2003.
Top