Adult Braille Books – Fiction
General Fiction
BR74707
Exit lines by Joan Barfoot.
4 v. of braille.
Seniors settle into a retirement facility; four of them become their own little group dedicated to small acts of pleasurable rebellion. In their pasts they've had a few connections, both faint and bold, with each other, and Ruth hopes to make use of them soon, for a challenging act that needs undertaking in the dead of night. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2008.
BR74859
The bishop's man by Linden MacIntyre.
4 v. of braille.
Father Duncan MacAskill is called The Exorcist, for at his bishop's bidding he drives out priests who molest children to discreet clinics or far-off parishes. When MacAskill is sent to a rural parish in his native Cape Breton, he encounters a troubled young man who appears to be the victim of a notorious priest. MacAskill, struggling with his own demons, is determined to help this man, regardless of the consequences for the church. Strong language and some descriptions of sex and violence. Winner of the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize. 2009.
BR74704
Caspian rain by Gina B. Nahai.
3 v. of braille.
Tehran, during the Shah's regime. Bahar, an impoverished but optimistic teenaged Jewish girl, marries wealthy Omid despite the misgivings of both families. Bahar is rejected by Omid's society friends, is humiliated when Omid takes a lover, and is disgraced when her daughter Yaas gradually becomes deaf. Bestseller. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2008.
Love Stories (Fiction)
BR74631
A partisan's daughter by Louis de Bernières.
2 v. of braille.
During a dreary late 1970s London winter, Chris is drawn to mysterious Roza, a Yugoslav émigrée. As their relationship develops, Roza starts to tell him the story of her life, drawing him increasingly into her world - from her childhood as a daughter of one of Tito's Partisans through her journey to England and on to her more recent colourful and dangerous past in London. 2008.
Suspense (Fiction)
BR74780
Undercover wife by Debra Webb.
2 v. of braille.
Erin Bailey is about to get her life back - she's been offered early release from prison if she agrees to help John Logan with a dangerous mission in South America and pose as his undercover wife. Their mission is filled with danger and conflict that intensifies as Erin and John find themselves with a staggering attraction that could endanger them both. Some strong language, descriptions of sex and violence. 2003.